I Rejoiced When I Heard Them Say

[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. [Chorus] We shall go up with joy to the house of our God. [Verse 2] Jerusalem is built as a city Strongly compact. It is there that the tribes go up, The tribes of the Lord. [Chorus] We shall go up with joy to the house of our God. [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 [Chorus] We shall go up with joy to the house of our God. [Verse 4] For the peace of Jerusalem, pray: Peace be to your homes! May peace reign in your walls, In your palaces, peace! [Chorus] We shall go up with joy to the house of our God. [Verse 5] For love of my brethren and friends, I say: Peace upon you! For love of the house of the Lord I will ask for your good. [Chorus] We shall go up with joy to the house of our God. [Verse 6] Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit Both now and for ever, The God who is, who was and it to come At the end of the ages. [Chorus] We shall go up with joy to the house of our God.