Psalms 122
122
Jerusalem
A song of the stairway by King David # 122 David wrote this song for the people to sing for the feasts. It was sung when the worshipers entered the gates of Jerusalem.
1I was overjoyed when they said,
“Let’s go up to the house of the Lord.”
2And now at last we stand here, inside the very gates of Jerusalem!
3O Jerusalem, you were built as a city of praise,
where God and man mingle together. # 122:3 The Hebrew phrase “a city bound together” is taken from a root word that means “joined, united, coupled.” By inference in the context, it is the city where God dwells and man worships.
4This is where all the tribes of Yahweh are required
to come and worship him.
5This is where the thrones of kings have been established
to rule in righteousness;
even King David ruled from here.
6Pray and seek for Jerusalem’s peace,
for all who love her will prosper!
7O Jerusalem, may there be peace for those
who dwell inside your walls
and prosperity in your every palace.
8I intercede for the sake of my family and friends
who dwell there, that they may all live in peace.
9For the sake of your house, Yahweh our God,
I will seek the welfare and prosperity of Jerusalem.
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122
A Pilgrim’s Prayer for Jerusalem
1A song of ascents. Of David.
I
I rejoiced when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”#Ps 43:3–4; 84:2–5.
2And now our feet are standing
within your gates, Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem, built as a city,
walled round about.#Walled round about: lit., “which is joined to it,” probably referring both to the density of the buildings and to the dense population.#Ps 48:13–14.
4There the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord,
As it was decreed for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.#Dt 16:16.
5There are the thrones of justice,
the thrones of the house of David.
II
6For the peace of Jerusalem pray:
“May those who love you prosper!
7May peace be within your ramparts,
prosperity within your towers.”#Ps 128:5.
8For the sake of my brothers and friends I say,
“Peace be with you.”#Jn 20:19ff.
9For the sake of the house of the Lord, our God,
I pray for your good.
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