Psalms 122:4
For thither go up the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jerusalem, which art built as a city wherein all associate together.
5For there are placed chairs for [giving] judgment, the chairs for the house of David.—
Cross References
Exodus 16:34As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did Aaron lay it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Exodus 26:33And thou shalt hang up the vail under the hooks; and thou shalt bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the holy of holies.
Exodus 34:23Thrice in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord, the Eternal, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:11And then shall it be, that the place which the Lord your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there,—[even] thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye may vow unto the Lord;
Psalms 66:13I will enter thy house with burnt-offerings: I will pay unto thee my vows,
Psalms 81:6(81:7) I removed from the burden his shoulder: his hands left behind the burden-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 →