Antiphon: We shall go up with joy to the house of our God.
- I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house”,
And now our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem. - Jerusalem is built as a city
Strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up,
The tribes of the Lord. - For Israel’s law it is,
There to praise the Lord’s name,
There were set the thrones of judgement,
Of the house of David. - For the peace of Jerusalem, pray:
“Peace be to your homes!
May peace reign in your walls,
In your palaces, peace!” - For love of my brethren and friends,
I say: “Peace upon you!
For love of the house of the Lord,
I will ask for your good. - Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit
Both now and for ever,
The God who is, who was and it to come,
At the end of the ages.