ASCENSION PSALM 122  c.m.

1.  I joy'd when to the house of God,
Go up, they said to me.
Jerusalem, within thy gates
Our feet shall standing be.

2.  Jerus'lem as a city is
Compactly built, and fair;
To it the tribes go up.  To it,
The tribes of God repair,

3.  To Israel's testimony, there
To God's name thanks to pay.
For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones
Of David's house, there stay.

4.  Pray that Jerusalem may have
Peace and felicity.
All those who love thee and thy peace
Shall have prosperity.

5.  I therefore wish that peace may still
Within thy walls remain,
And ever may thy palaces
Prosperity retain.

6.  And now, for friends' and brethren's sakes,
Peace be in thee, I'll say.
Yea for the house of God our Lord,
I'll seek thy good alway.

ASCENSION PSALM 122  l.m.

1.  With joy I hear my friends exclaim,
"Come let us in God's temple meet."
Within thy gates, Jerusalem,
Shall ever stand our willing feet.

2.  A city built compact and fair,
Jerus'lem stands, the sacred place
To which the gathering tribes repair,
Tribes of Jehovah's chosen race.

3.  'Tis there by his command they meet,
To render thanks and pay their vows.
And there is judgment's royal seat,
There are the thrones of David's house.

4.  Pray that Jerus'lem's peace endure,
For all that love thee God will bless.
Peace dwell within thy walls secure,
And joy within thy palaces.

5.  For sake of friends and kindred dear,
My heart's desire is "peace to thee."
And for the house of God, my prayer
Shall seek thy good continually.