Psalms 122:4
For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3Jerusalem — the builded one — [Is] as a city that is joined to itself together.
5For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.
Cross References
Exodus 16:34as Jehovah hath given commandment unto Moses, so doth Aaron let it rest before the Testimony, for a charge.
Exodus 26:33'And thou hast put the vail under the hooks, and hast brought in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail hath made a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies.
Exodus 34:23'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, God of Israel;
Deuteronomy 12:11'And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah;
Psalms 66:13I enter Thy house with burnt-offerings, I complete to Thee my vows,
Psalms 81:6From the burden his shoulder I turned aside, His hands from the basket pass over.
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 →