Psalms 122:4
Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together;
5For there were set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Cross References
Exodus 16:34As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Exodus 26:33And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Exodus 34:23Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:11then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD.
Psalms 66:13I will come into Thy house with burnt-offerings, I will perform unto Thee my vows,
Psalms 81:6(81-7) 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.
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 →