Psalms 122
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“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” — John 5:39
1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
PSALM 122
Psa 122:1-9. This Psalm might well express the sacred joy of the pilgrims on entering the holy city, where praise, as the religious as well as civil metropolis, is celebrated, and for whose prosperity, as representing the Church, prayer is offered.
1-2. Our feet shall stand--literally, "are standing."
2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
3-5. compact together--all parts united, as in David's time.
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 of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
6-7. Let peace--including prosperity, everywhere prevail.
7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
8For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
8-9. In the welfare of the city, as its civil, and especially the religious relations, was involved that of Israel.
now--as in Psa 115:2.
9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
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