Psalms 122:1
A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. I rejoiced, when they sayd to me, We wil go into the house of the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 feete shall stand in thy gates, O Ierusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 26:8O Lord, I haue loued the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms 55:14Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.
Psalms 84:1To him that excelleth upon Gittith. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. O Lord of hostes, howe amiable are thy Tabernacles!
Psalms 119:111Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
Psalms 121:1A song of degrees. I will lift mine eyes vnto the mountaines, from whence mine helpe shall come.
Psalms 124:1A song of degrees, or Psalme of David. If the Lord had not bene on our side, (may Israel now 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 →