Psalms 122:5
The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
In Context
4Behold he shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.
6The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:8If thou perceive that there be among you a hard and doubtful matter in judgment between blood and blood, cause and cause, leprosy and leprosy: and thou see that the words of the judges within thy gates do vary: arise, and go up to the place, which the Lord thy God shall choose.
2 Samuel 8:18And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the Cerethi and Phelethi: and the sons of David were the princes.
2 Chronicles 11:22But he put at the head of them Abia the son of Maacha to be the chief ruler over all his brethren: for he meant to make him king,
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 →