Psalms 122:4
Whither have come up the tribes, The tribes of Yah, A testimony to Israel, To give thanks unto the Name of Yahweh:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jerusalem! that hath been builded, A true city, all joined together as one:
5For there are set—Thrones for justice, Thrones for the house David.
Cross References
Exodus 16:34As Yahweh gave command unto Moses, so did Aaron set it down before the testimony, as a thing to be preserved,
Exodus 26:33And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps,—and shalt bring in thither, within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a division for you between the holy [place] and the most holy.
Exodus 34:23three times in the year, shall every one of thy males see the face of the Lord Yahweh the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:11then shall it be, that unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you,—your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices your tithes and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow-offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh.
Psalms 66:13I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,
Psalms 81:6I took away, from the burden, his shoulder, his hands, from the clay, were set free.
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 →