¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi:I rejoiced in the things that were said to me:In domum Domini ibimus.“We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

¹Canticum graduum.A Canticle in steps.Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi:I rejoiced in the things that were said to me:In domum Domini ibimus.“We shall go into the house of the Lord.”

²Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis,Our feet were standing in your courts,Jerusalem.O Jerusalem.

²Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis,Our feet were standing in your courts,Jerusalem.O Jerusalem.

³Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas,Jerusalem has been built as a city,cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.whose participation is unto itself.

³Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas,Jerusalem has been built as a city,cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.whose participation is unto itself.

⁴Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus,For to that place, the tribes ascended,tribus Domini:the tribes of the Lord:testimonium Israël,the testimony of Israel,ad confitendum nomini Domini.to confess to the name of the Lord.

⁴Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus,For to that place, the tribes ascended,tribus Domini:the tribes of the Lord:testimonium Israël,the testimony of Israel,ad confitendum nomini Domini.to confess to the name of the Lord.

⁵Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio,For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment,sedes super domum David.seats above the house of David.

⁵Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio,For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment,sedes super domum David.seats above the house of David.

⁶Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem,Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem,et abundantia diligentibus te.and for abundance for those who love you.

⁶Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem,Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem,et abundantia diligentibus te.and for abundance for those who love you.

⁷Fiat pax in virtute tua,Let peace be in your virtue,et abundantia in turribus tuis.and abundance in your towers.

⁷Fiat pax in virtute tua,Let peace be in your virtue,et abundantia in turribus tuis.and abundance in your towers.

⁸Propter fratres meos et proximos meos,For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors,loquebar pacem de te.I spoke peace about you.

⁸Propter fratres meos et proximos meos,For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors,loquebar pacem de te.I spoke peace about you.

⁹Propter domum Domini Dei nostri,For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,quæsivi bona tibi.I sought good things for you.

⁹Propter domum Domini Dei nostri,For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,quæsivi bona tibi.I sought good things for you.