Psalms 122:1
A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
In Context
2Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Psalms 55:14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
Psalms 84:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
Psalms 121:1A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
Psalms 124:1A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—
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 →