Psalms 122:3

Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: 1 For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

In Context

2Behold, 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

4Yea, our soul has been exceedingly filled with it: 1 Let the reproach be to them that are at ease, 1 And contempt to the proud.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:9And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and he built his own house.

Psalms 147:2For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; 1 He has blessed thy children within thee. 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 →

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