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Psalm 121 (122) — Song of Ascents

Psalmus 121 • Vulgate 121 / Hebrew 122

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English text

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Estimated English reading time 45–90 seconds

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1. I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord. 2. Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem. 3. Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together. 4. For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord. 5. Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David. 6. Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee. 7. Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers. 8. For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee. 9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.

Latin text

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Estimated Latin reading time 30–75 seconds

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1. Canticum graduum. Laetatus sum in his quae dicta sunt mihi : In domum Domini ibimus. 2. Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem. 3. Jerusalem, quae aedificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum. 4. Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini, testimonium Israel, ad confitendum nomini Domini. 5. Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David. 6. Rogate quae ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te. 7. Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis. 8. Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te. 9. Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quaesivi bona tibi.

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