Psalms 122:1

To you who dwell in heaven have I lifted up my eyes. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

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 maidservant to the hands of her mistress; so our eyes are directed to the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 26:8My heart said to you, I have diligently sought your face: your face, O Lord, I will seek. 1

Psalms 84:1O Lord, you have taken pleasure in your land: you have turned back the captivity of Jacob. 1

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

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

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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