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A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

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Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

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Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

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For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

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

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Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love thee.

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Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.

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For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee.

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Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.