The Bible: Psalms Chapter 122: with Audio and Commentary.

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Psalms Chapter 122 A Song of Ascents. By David.

1 I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to the LORD's house!"

2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem,

3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together,

4 where the tribes go up, even the LORD's tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the LORD's name.

5 For there are set thrones for judgement, the thrones of David's house.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

8 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."

9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.

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Psalms Chapter 122 A Song of Ascents. By David. Guide

This is the song of the pilgrims in anticipation of Jerusalem and the house of worship. It sets forth the glory of the establishment and compacted city where the tribes gather to give thanks to Jehovah. Yet through it all it is evident that the glory of city and Temple consists in the fact that they are the city and house of Jehovah. It is not a song of buildings or of material magnificence. It is rather the song of assembly, of testimony, of judgment, of peace, of prosperity. These all issue from the supreme fact of Jehovah's presence. To Him the tribes are gathered. Their testimony is of His name. The judgment, peace, and prosperity are all the outcome of Jehovah's relation to His people.

The tenses of the song have caused some bewilderment, as they seem to indicate the presence of the worshipers in the city, while yet they suggest the attitude of absence. The affirmation: Our feet are standing within thy gates, is confidence of faith. It is the claim of citizenship, even though the citizen has not yet actually reached the city. The call has come to ascend to the house of the Lord, and with songs of praise and prayers for the city the pilgrim prepares to respond, while the hope becomes a present consciousness of the joy of assembly.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Psalms Chapter 122 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. Esteem for Jerusalem. -- (1-5)
  2. Concern for its welfare. -- (6-9)

Verses 1-5

The pleasure and profit from means of grace, should make us disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should quicken one another to what is good. We should desire our Christian friends, when they have any good work in hand, to call for us, and take us with them. With what readiness should we think of the heavenly Jerusalem! How cheerfully should we bear the cross and welcome death, in hopes of a crown of glory! Jerusalem is called the beautiful city. It was a type of the gospel church, which is compact together in holy love and Christian communion, so that it is all as one city. If all the disciples of Christ were of one mind, and kept the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, their enemies would be deprived of their chief advantages against them. But Satan's maxim always has been, to divide that he may conquer; and few Christians are sufficiently aware of his designs.

Verses 6-9

Those who can do nothing else for the peace of Jerusalem, may pray for it. Let us consider all who seek the glory of the Redeemer, as our brethren and fellow-travellers, without regarding differences which do not affect our eternal welfare. Blessed Spirit of peace and love, who didst dwell in the soul of the holy Jesus, descend into his church, and fill those who compose it with his heavenly tempers; cause bitter contentions to cease, and make us to be of one mind. Love of the brethren and love to God, ought to stir us up to seek to be like the Lord Jesus in fervent prayer and unwearied labour, for the salvation of men, and the Divine glory.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.