PSALM 121
Response:
I rejoiced when I heard them say: “Let us go to God’s house.”
Verse 1:
I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Verse 2:
Jerusalem is built as a city
strongly compact.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.
Verse 3:
For Israel’s law it is,
there to praise the Lord’s name.
There were set the thrones of judgement
of the house of David.
See also: 1st Sunday of Advent (Year A)