1 Agradual Canticle. I rejoiced in these things, which were said to me: We shall go into the house of our Lord.
1 Agradual Canticle. I rejoiced in these things, which were said to me: We shall go into the house of our Lord.
2 Our feet were standing, in thy courts, o Jerusalem.
2 Our feet were standing, in thy courts, o Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city: whose participation is together in it-self.
3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city: whose participation is together in it-self.
4 For thither did the tribes ascend, the tribes of our Lord: the testimony of Israel to confess unto the name of our Lord.
4 For thither did the tribes ascend, the tribes of our Lord: the testimony of Israel to confess unto the name of our Lord.
5 Because seats sat there in judgment, seats upon the house of David.
5 Because seats sat there in judgment, seats upon the house of David.
6 Ask ye the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and aboundance to them that love thee.
6 Ask ye the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and aboundance to them that love thee.
7 Peace be made in thy strength: and aboundance in thy towers.
7 Peace be made in thy strength: and aboundance in thy towers.
8 For my brethren, and my neighbours' sakes, I spake peace of thee:
8 For my brethren, and my neighbours' sakes, I spake peace of thee:
9 For the house of our Lord God, I have sought good things to thee.
9 For the house of our Lord God, I have sought good things to thee.