Psalm 121 (122)

Psalm 121, Catholic Public Domain Version

1. A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

   Canticum graduum. Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

2. 2

   Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.

   Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

3. 3

   Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself.

   Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.

4. 4

   For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord.

   Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israël, ad confitendum nomini Domini.

5. 5

   For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.

   Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.

6. 6

   Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you.

   Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.

7. 7

   Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers.

   Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.

8. 8

   For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you.

   Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te.

9. 9

   For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.

   Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain · Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592)