Psalms 122:1
I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
In Context
2Our feet are standing inside thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 26:8LORD, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells.
Psalms 55:14We took sweet counsel together. We walked in the house of God with the throng.
Psalms 84:1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms 119:111I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Psalms 121:1I will lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where shall my help come?
Psalms 124:1If it had not been LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 122:1
This psalm seems to have been penned by David for the use of the people of Israel, when they came up to Jerusalem to worship at the three solemn feasts. It was in David's time that Jerusalem was first chosen to be the city where God would record his name. It being a new thing, this, among other means, was used to bring the people to be in love with Jerusalem, as the holy city, though it was but the other day in the hands of the Jebusites. Observe, I. The joy with which they were to go up to Jerusalem, ver. 1, 2 .… Read the whole commentary →