Psalms 122:1
שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד שָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִים לִי בֵּית יְהוָה נֵלֵֽךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
In Context
2עֹמְדוֹת הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ בִּשְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃
Cross References
Psalms 26:8יְֽהוָה אָהַבְתִּי מְעוֹן בֵּיתֶךָ וּמְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ ׃
Psalms 55:14וְאַתָּה אֱנוֹשׁ כְּעֶרְכִּי אַלּוּפִי וּמְיֻדָּֽעִי ׃
Psalms 84:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל ־ הַגִּתִּית לִבְנֵי ־ קֹרַח מִזְמֽוֹר ׃
Psalms 119:111נָחַלְתִּי עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם כִּֽי ־ שְׂשׂוֹן לִבִּי הֵֽמָּה ׃
Psalms 121:1שִׁיר לַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל ־ הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִֽי ׃
Psalms 124:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד לוּלֵי יְהוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ יֹֽאמַר ־ נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
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 →