--- title: Psalms 122 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Psalms chapter 122 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: A Song of Ascents; of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me: 'Let us go unto the house of the LORD.' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/122/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / chapter 122 # Psalms 122 9 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [122:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.1/) — שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִדשָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִים לִי בֵּית יְהוָה נֵלֵֽךְ׃ — A Song of Ascents; of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me: 'Let us go unto the house of the LORD.' - [122:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.2/) — עֹמְדוֹת הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ בִּשְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ — Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem; - [122:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.3/) — יְרוּשָׁלִַם הַבְּנוּיָה כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־לָּהּ יַחְדָּֽו׃ — Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together; - [122:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.4/) — שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים שִׁבְטֵי־יָהּ עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃ — Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. - [122:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.5/) — כִּי שָׁמָּה ׀ יָשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֹת לְמִשְׁפָּט כִּסְאוֹת לְבֵית דָּוִֽיד׃ — For there were set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. - [122:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.6/) — שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָם יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃ — Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee. - [122:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.7/) — יְהִֽי־שָׁלוֹם בְּחֵילֵךְ שַׁלְוָה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃ — Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. - [122:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.8/) — לְמַעַן אַחַי וְרֵעָי אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּא שָׁלוֹם בָּֽךְ׃ — For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say: 'Peace be within thee.' - [122:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.122.9/) — לְמַעַן בֵּית־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֲבַקְשָׁה טוֹב לָֽךְ׃ — For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. - ← previous: [Psalms 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/121/) - next →: [Psalms 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/123/) - ↑ back to [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/)