Canticum graduum.

A gradual canticle.

(A song of ascents. Of David.)

Lætatus sum in his quæ dicta sunt mihi: In domum Domini ibimus.

I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.

Welcome sound, when I heard them saying, We will go into the Lord’s house!

Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

Within thy gates, Jerusalem, our feet stand at last;

Jerusalem, quæ ædificatur ut civitas, cujus participatio ejus in idipsum.

Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

Jerusalem, built as a city should be built that is one in fellowship.

Illuc enim ascenderunt tribus, tribus Domini: testimonium Israël, ad confitendum nomini Domini.

For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

There the tribes meet, the Lord’s own tribes, to give praise, as Israel is ever bound, to the Lord’s name;

Quia illic sederunt sedes in judicio, sedes super domum David.

Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

there the thrones are set for judgement, thrones for the house of David.

Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.

Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.

Pray for all that brings Jerusalem peace! May all who love thee dwell at ease!

Fiat pax in virtute tua, et abundantia in turribus tuis.

Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.

Let there be peace within thy ramparts, ease in thy strongholds!

Propter fratres meos et proximos meos, loquebar pacem de te.

For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.

For love of my brethren and my familiar friends, peace is still my prayer for thee;

Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.

remembering the house of the Lord our God, for thy happiness I plead.