Psalms 122:1
“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” I was glad when they said to me, Let us go up to the house of the LORD!
Noyes 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 Within thy gates, O Jerusalem!
Cross References
Psalms 26:8O LORD! I love the habitation of thy house, The place where thine honor dwelleth!
Psalms 55:14We held sweet converse together, And walked to the house of God in company.
Psalms 84:1“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms 119:111I have made thine ordinances my possession for ever; For they are the joy of my heart.
Psalms 121:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” I lift up mine eyes to the hills: Whence cometh my help?
Psalms 124:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,
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 →