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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 122, Verse 4

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Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
King James Version
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
American Standard Version
Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, [For] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
New English Translation
The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the LORD.
World English Bible
where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
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For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
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Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.
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For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.
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Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
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A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
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Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
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A Song of degrees of David. If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;