Catholic Funeral Songs: Psalm 122: I Rejoiced When I Heard

W4 97 - Robert J. Batastini

Refrain

I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord.

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 judgment

of the house of David.

Verse4

For the peace of Jerusalem pray:

'Peace be to your homes!

May peace reign in your walls,

in your palaces, peace!'

Verse 5

For love of my family and friends

I say: 'Peace upon you.'

For love of the house of the Lord

I will ask for your good.

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