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I was glad when they said to me, "Let's ^(C1)go to the house of the LORD."

Our feet are standing Within your ^(C1)gates, Jerusalem,

Jerusalem, that has been ^(C1)built As a city that is ^(C2)firmly joined together;

To which the tribes ^(C1)go up, the tribes of ^(F1)the LORD— ^(F2)An ordinance for Israel— To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

For ^(C1)thrones were set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the ^(C1)peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who ^(C2)love you.

-"May peace be within your ^(C1)walls, And prosperity within your ^(C2)palaces."

For the sake of my ^(C1)brothers and my friends, I will now say, "^(C2)May peace be within you."

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will ^(C1)seek your good.

To You I have ^(C1)raised my eyes, You who ^(C2)are enthroned in the heavens!

Behold, as the eyes of ^(C1)servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a female servant to the hand of her mistress, So our ^(C2)eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious to us.

^(C1)Be gracious to us, LORD, be gracious to us, For we have had much more than enough of ^(C2)contempt.

Our soul has had much more than enough Of the ^(C1)scoffing of ^(C2)those who are at ease, And of the ^(C3)contempt of the proud.

"^(C1)Had it not been the LORD who was on our side," ^(C2)Let Israel say,

"Had it not been the LORD who was on our side When people rose up against us,

Then they would have ^(C1)swallowed us alive, When their ^(C2)anger was kindled against us;

Then the ^(C1)waters would have flooded over us, The stream would have ^(F1)swept over our souls;

Then the ^(C1)raging waters would have ^(F1)swept over our souls."

Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us ^(F1)to be ^(C1)torn by their teeth.

Our souls have ^(C1)escaped ^(C2)like a bird from the trapper's ^(C3)snare; The snare is broken and we have escaped.

Our ^(C1)help is in the name of the LORD, Who ^(C2)made heaven and earth.