Psalms 122:1

A Song of Degrees. Unto thee who dwellest in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

In Context

2Behold, as the eyes of servants are directed to the hands of their masters, and as the eyes of a maid-servant to the hands of her mistress; so our eyes are directed to the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.

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Cross References

Psalms 26:8My heart said to thee, I have diligently sought thy face: thy face, O Lord, I will seek.

Psalms 55:14For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.

Psalms 84:1For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core.

Psalms 121:1A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Psalms 124:1A Song of Degrees. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved.

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 →

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