Psalms 122:3

Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us. For we have been filled with utter disdain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

In Context

2Behold, as the eyes of the servants are on the hands of their masters, as the eyes of the handmaid are on the hands of her mistress, so our eyes are upon the Lord our God, until he may be merciful to us.

4For our soul has been greatly filled. We are the disgrace of those who have abundance and the disdain of the arrogant.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9Then David lived in the stronghold, and he called it: the City of David. And he built it up on all sides, from Millo and inward.

Psalms 147:2For he has reinforced the bars of your gates. He has blessed your sons within you.

Ephesians 4:4One body and one Spirit: to this you have been called by the one hope of your calling:

Matthew Henry on Psalms 122:2-6

The Pleasures of Public Worship. 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord . 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord , unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord . 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Here we have, I. The pleasure which David and other pious Israelites took in approaching to and… Read the whole commentary →

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