1 I was glad when I heard them say,
'We are going to God's own house',
and at last our feet are standing
at the gates of the City of Peace.

2 It's a city where all are one
in a union that's secure,
and all God's people are moving
to the gates of the City of Peace.

3 We are coming to praise his name
as he ordered his folk of old.
We'll stand at the place of justice
in the gates of the City of Peace.

4 We pray for the citizens' peace
and prosperity to you all,
who now are joyfully entering
through the gates of the City of Peace.

5 My friends and my brothers, I pray
that God's blessing be with you now,
for he's at the heart of all things
when we live in the City of Peace.

Paraphrase of Psalm 122, Michael Saward
© Michael Saward/Jubilate Hymns.
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