1 Jerusalem! How glad I was when they invited me to climb with them the mount of prayer, the place of majesty: Jerusalem! Within your gates our willing feet have stood, And there we raised our voices high to fill the house of God. 2 Jerusalem! A city built compact and walled around; the sacred tribes ascended here and made their psalms resound. Let us, like Israel, go up to pay the Lord our dues, To hear the judgements of the law, the joy of God's good news. 3 Jerusalem! May you have peace, your people long endure; may all your citizens be safe, your towers and streets secure. For brothers, sisters, friends I pray let peace return again: O Lord our God, meet us in grace, in glory come to reign!