Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
English Revised Version
Psalms 122
1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the LORD. 2Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem; 3Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together: 4Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD for a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks into the name of the LORD. 5For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
English Revised Version (1885). Public domain. The 1881/1885 British revision of the King James Version; parent of the ASV.