Canticum graduum.

(A song of ascents. Of David.)

A gradual canticle.

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

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

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

Stantes erant pedes nostri in atriis tuis, Jerusalem.

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

Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Propter domum Domini Dei nostri, quæsivi bona tibi.

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

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