I REJOICED WHEN I HEARD THEM SAY (Ps. 1 21 )

Antiphon 1 . We shall go up with joy to the house of our God.\nAntiphon 2. For love of the house of the Lord I will pray for your good.\nI rejoiced when I heard them say:\n“Let us go to God’s house.”\nAnd now our feet are standing\nWithin your gates, O Jerusalem.\n2. Jerusalem is built as a city\nStrongly compact.\nIt is there that the tribes go up,\nThe tribes of the Lord.\n5\n3. For Israel’s law it is\nThere to praise the Lord’s name.\nThere were set the thrones of judgment,\nOf the house of David.\n4. For the peace of Jerusalem, pray:\n“Peace be to your homes!\nMay peace reign in your walls,\nIn your palaces, peace!”\n5. For love of my brethren and friends,\nI say: “peace upon you!”\nFor love of the house of the Lord\nI will ask for your good.\n6. Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit,\nBoth now and for ever,\nThe God who is, who was and is to come\nAt the end of the ages.