🔊 Audio of Psalm 122
Psalm 122
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד שָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִים לִי בֵּית יְהוָה נֵלֵךְ | Shír ha-ma-a-lót le-Da-víd. Sa-makh-tí be-o-me-rím lí; béit Ado-nái né-lekh. | A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the LORD!’ |
| 2 | עֹמְדוֹת הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ בִּשְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם | Om-dot ha-yú rag-le-nú; bish-a-ra-yíkh Ye-ru-sha-lá-yim. | Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! |
| 3 | יְרוּשָׁלִַם הַבְּנוּיָה כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־לָּהּ יַחְדָּו | Ye-ru-sha-lá-yim ha-be-nu-yáh; ke-ir she-khu-b-ráh ya-khaád la’-h. | Jerusalem built as a city that is bound firmly together. |
| 4 | שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים שִׁבְטֵי־יָהּ עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה | She-shám alú she-va-tím; shiv-téi Yáh e-dút le-Yis-ra-él; le-ho-dót le-shém Ado-nái. | To which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. |
| 5 | כִּי שָׁמָּה יָשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֹת לְמִשְׁפָּט כִּסְאוֹת לְבֵית דָּוִיד | Ki shám yash-vú khi-se-ót le-mish-pát; ki-se-ót le-béit Da-víd. | There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. |
| 6 | שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָם יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהֲבָיִךְ | Sha-alú she-lom Ye-ru-sha-lá-yim; yish-lá-yu o-ha-va-yíkh. | Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they be secure who love you! |
| 7 | יְהִי־שָׁלוֹם בְּחֵילֵךְ שַׁלְוָה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָיִךְ | Ye-hí sha-lóm be-khei-le-khí; sha-l-váh be-ar-me-no-ta-yíkh. | Peace be within your walls and security within your towers! |
| 8 | לְמַעַן אַחַי וְרֵעָי אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּא שָׁלוֹם בָּךְ | Le-ma-an a-kh-ái ve-re-a-ái; a-dab-be-ráh na sha-lóm bákh. | For my brothers and companions’ sake I will say, ‘Peace be within you!’ |
| 9 | לְמַעַן בֵּית־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֲבַקְשָׁה טוֹב לָךְ | Le-ma-an béit Ado-nái E-lo-hé-nu; a-vak-sháh tóv lákh. | For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. |