Psalms 122:5
For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
In Context
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:8If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise, and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
2 Samuel 8:18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
2 Chronicles 11:22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.
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 →