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Psalms 121

Septuagint (LXX2012) 121 compared with King James Version 122

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1(122) A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
2Our feet stood in your courts, O Jerusalem.
2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.
3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4For there the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
4Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
5For there are set thrones for judgment, [even] thrones for the house of David.
5For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and [let there be] prosperity to them that love you.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7Let peace, I pray, be within your host, and prosperity in your palaces.
7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
8For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I have indeed spoken peace concerning you.
8For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought your good.
9Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.