Psalms 122:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants are directed to the hands of their masters, 1 And as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress; 1 So our eyes are directed to the Lord our God, 1 Until he have mercy upon us. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
In Context
1A Song of Degrees. 1 Unto thee who dwellest in heaven 1 Have I lifted up mine eyes. 1
3Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: 1 For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:6But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Psalms 87:1A song of a Psalm for the sons of Korah for the end, upon Mahalath for responsive strains, of instruction for Heman the Israelite. 1
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 →