Psalms 122
122
PSALM 122
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Song of Ascents,
Of David.
1I joy'd when to the house of God,
Go up, they said to me.
2Jerusalem, within thy gates
our feet shall standing be.
3Jerus'lem, as a city, is
compactly built together:
4Unto that place the tribes go up,
the tribes of God go thither:
To Isr'el's testimony, there
to God's name thanks to pay.
5For thrones of judgment, ev'n the thrones
of David's house, there stay.
6Pray that Jerusalem may have
peace and felicity:
Let them that love thee and thy peace
have still prosperity.
7Therefore I wish that peace may still
within thy walls remain,
And ever may thy palaces
prosperity retain.
8Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes,
Peace be in thee, I'll say.
9And for the house of God our Lord,
I'll seek thy good alway.
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Psalms 122
122
Jerusalem the Site of God’s Presence
A song of ascents. Of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1I rejoiced in those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house#Or “temple” of Yahweh.”
2Our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem—
3Jerusalem that is built
as a city that is joined together,
4where the tribes go up,
the tribes of Yah#A shortened form of “Yahweh” as a testimony for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
5For there the thrones sit#That is, rulers or judges on thrones for judgment,
thrones of David’s house.
6Pray#Hebrew “Ask” for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be at ease.
7May peace be within your walls,
security within your palaces.”
8For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9For the sake of the house#Or “temple” of Yahweh our God,
I will seek your good.
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