1 (Shir HaMa’alot [Song of Ascents], of Dovid)

I was glad when they said unto me,

Let us go into the Bais Hashem.

2 Our feet shall stand within thy she’arim,

O Yerushalayim.

3 Yerushalayim is built as an Ir

bound firmly together;

4 That is where the Shevatim (tribes) go up,

the Shivtei Hashem,

according to the edut l’Yisroel (the statute to Yisroel),

to give thanks unto the Shem of Hashem.

5 For there are set kise’ot l’mishpat (thrones of judgment),

the kise’ot of the Bais Dovid.

6 Sha’alu shalom Yerushalayim (pray for the peace of Jerusalem);

they shall prosper that love thee.

7 Shalom be within thy wall,

and security within thy citadels.

8 L’ma’an (for the sake of) my achim and companions,

I will now say, Shalom be within thee.

9 L’ma’an the Bais Hashem Eloheinu

I will seek thy tov.