Psalms 122

Psalms 122:1

AMP: I was glad when they said to me,“Let us go to the house of the Lord.” [Is 2:3; Zech 8:21]

ASV: I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.

BSB: I was glad when they said to me,“Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

DARBY: {A Song of degrees. Of David.} I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.

DRA: I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

KJV: I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Psalms 122:2

AMP: Our feet are standingWithin your gates, O Jerusalem,

ASV: Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,

BSB: Our feet are standing in your gates,O Jerusalem.

DARBY: Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

DRA: My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

KJV: Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Psalms 122:3

AMP: Jerusalem, that is builtAs a city that is firmly joined together;

ASV: Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together;

BSB: Jerusalem is built upas a city united together,

DARBY: Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact together,

DRA: May he not suffer thy foot to be moved: neither let him slumber that keepeth thee.

KJV: Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

Psalms 122:4

AMP: To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

ASV: Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, [For] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

BSB: where the tribes go up,the tribes of the LORD,as a testimony for Israel,to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

DARBY: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

DRA: Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

KJV: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

Psalms 122:5

AMP: For there the thrones of judgment were set,The thrones of the house of David.

ASV: For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

BSB: For there the thrones of judgment stand,the thrones of the house of David.

DARBY: For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

DRA: The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

KJV: For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

Psalms 122:6

AMP: ¶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:“May they prosper who love you [holy city].

ASV: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.

BSB: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:“May those who love you prosper.

DARBY: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

DRA: The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

KJV: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Psalms 122:7

AMP: “May peace be within your wallsAnd prosperity within your palaces.”

ASV: Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces.

BSB: May there be peace within your walls,and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

DARBY: Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces.

DRA: The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

KJV: Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

Psalms 122:8

AMP: For the sake of my brothers and my friends,I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

ASV: For my brethren and companions` sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

BSB: For the sake of my brothers and friends,I will say, “Peace be within you.”

DARBY: For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!

DRA: May the Lord keep thy going in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.

KJV: For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Psalms 122:9

AMP: For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],I will seek your (the city’s) good.

ASV: For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good. Psalm 123 A Song of Ascents.

BSB: For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,I will seek your prosperity.

DARBY: Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

KJV: Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.