whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, the faithful members of all Israel being required to journey to Jerusalem three times a year, for the great festivals, unto the testimony of Israel, that is, according to the rule and ordinance of God, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord, for that was the chief function of the congregation and all its members at the festival seasons.
Verse Psalms 122:4. _THE TESTIMONY OF ISRAEL_] There is the _ark_, where the presence of God is manifested; there is the holy of holies; and there all the tribes assembled to worship Jehovah. He no do...
WHITHER THE TRIBES - The twelve tribes of the children of Israel. GO UP - To the great feasts and festivals of the nation. See Exodus 23:17. This language of going up is such as would be used anywhere...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXII. THE GLORY OF THE TEMPLE. Psalms 122:3. The Psalmist refers probably to the ideal Jerusalem. Every true Jew was in sentiment a loyal burgher of Jerusalem. Jerusalem was like Mecca to the Mohamm...
GO UP. See App-68 "Zion". THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4. TESTIMONY: the Ark of Jehovah. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....
WHITHER THE TRIBES GO UP, &C.— _There the tribes ascend the tribes of the Lord; there is the testimony of Israel; that they may make their acknowledgments to the name of Jehovah._ The _testimony of Is...
PSALMS 122 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Tribes Welcomed to the Passover. ANALYSIS (See Inserted Headlines.) (Lm.) Song of the StepsBy David[737] [737] Some cod. (w. Aram., Sep., Vul.) omit: By DavidGn....
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. WHITHER THE TRIBES GO UP, THE TRIBES OF THE LORD, UNTO THE TESTIMONY OF ISR...
122:4 Israel, (c-13) Or 'Israel's custom.'...
GO UP] better, 'went up,' in days gone by. UNTO THE TESTIMONY] RV 'for a testimony' of God's relationship to Israel: cp. Psalms 81:5....
The writer recalls a journey to Jerusalem and the many sacred memories associated with that much-loved city....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 122 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
UNTO THE TESTIMONY. — This is erroneous. The words are parenthetical: “Thither go (or, must and shall go) the tribes, the tribes of Judah (it is an ordinance for Israel) to praise the name of Jehovah....
שֶׁ שָּׁ֨ם עָל֪וּ שְׁבָטִ֡ים שִׁבְטֵי ־יָ֭הּ...
Psalms 122:1 THIS is very distinctly a pilgrim psalm. But there is difficulty in determining the singer's precise point of view, arising from the possibility of understanding the phrase in Psalms 122:...
JOY IN GOD'S HOUSE Psalms 122:1 As in the other psalms of the series there is here alternation between soloist and choir. In Psalms 122:1 the _soloist_ rejoices in the proposal made to go on a pilgri...
This is the song of the pilgrims in anticipation of Jerusalem and the house of worship. It sets forth the glory of the establishment and compacted city where the tribes gather to give thanks to Jehova...
Whither (d) the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. (d) All the tribes according to God's covenant will come and pray there....
_A reproach. Hebrew, "with the reproach of those at ease," &c., (Haydock) or "let reproach fall upon," &c. We are treated with too much scorn, Lamentations iii. 30. (Calmet) --- Yet God will not permi...
It is pleasant to observe how the Old Testament saints delighted themselves in dwelling upon the praise of their beloved Jerusalem. Beautiful for situation (saith one of them) the joy of the whole ear...
4._Thither the tribes ascended. _David here invests Jerusalem with two titles of honor, calling it the sacred and regularly appointed place for calling upon the name of God; and next, the royal sea, t...
Psalms 122 celebrates Jerusalem. The saint is glad to go there. The tribes go there; the thrones of judgment, of the house of David, are there. His brethren and companions and the house of Jehovah, th...
WHITHER THE TRIBES GO UP, THE TRIBES OF THE LORD,.... The twelve tribes of Israel; the males of them went up three times a year to Jerusalem to worship, at the feasts of passover, pentecost, and taber...
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. Ver. 4. _Whither the tribes go up_] Thrice a year all the males appeared befo...
_Whither the tribes go up_, &c. Hebrew, _Thither the tribes ascend; the tribes of the Lord_ Whom God hath chosen to be his people, and whom he hath invited and required to resort thither. _Unto the te...
1-5 The pleasure and profit from means of grace, should make us disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should quicken one another to what is good. We should desire our Christian frien...
THE TRIBES; not some few pious people of each tribe, as in Saul's time and under the judges, but whole tribes; nor only one or two of the tribes, as it was during the late civil wars, but all the twel...
Psalms 122:4 Where H8033 tribes H7626 go H5927 (H8804) tribes H7626 LORD H3050 Testimony H5715 Israel H3478 thanks
Psalms 122:1. _I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD._ I was glad for their sake, glad to think they were so willing to go. I was glad also for my own sake, for I wa...
We will read two portions of Scripture relating to public worship; the first will be Psalms 122:1 , one of David's «Songs of degrees.» (See Luke 18:1 for second portion.) Psalms 122:1. I was glad whe...
CONTENTS: Prayer for the welfare of Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When peace comes to Jerusalem there will be peace for all the world, therefore the saints should earnestly pray for...
Psalms 122:4. _The tribes go up,_ because they found all the testimonials of the covenant there; and because the thrones of David's house would decide their causes with equity. Therefore this psalm co...
_I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord._ A PIOUS PATRIOT I. Rejoicing in the opportunity for assembling for public worship (verses 1, 2). 1. One of the grandest so...
_Whither the tribes go up._ THE CHURCH THE CENTRE OF UNION The church is still the centre of union. To this sacred place the tribes of God are ever going up, in accordance with the Divine statute, “t...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:1. This psalm celebrates Zion as God’s chosen city (compare Psalms 46:1;...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:3 The singer looks around Jerusalem. BOUND FIRMLY TOGETHER probably compares the physical coziness of the city to the sense of unity the pilgrim expects to find there....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:4 DECREED. See Deuteronomy 12:5. ⇐
INTRODUCTION This Psalm, which the title ascribes to David, was probably composed by him after he had settled the Ark in Mount Zion, to encourage the people to resort to Jerusalem to the three annual...
EXPOSITION THE "title" assigns this psalm to David; and there seems to be no sufficient reason why his authorship should not be accepted. The description of Jerusalem exactly suits his day (Psalms 122...
Psa 122:1-9 continues. The idea is I'm traveling now towards Jerusalem. I'm with probably a company of fifty, a hundred people. They always got together for these trips to Jerusalem. That is why, actu...
Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 16:16; Exodus 16:34;...
The tribes — Whom God has chosen to be his people. Unto — Unto the ark, called the testimony, because of the tables of the covenant laid up in it, which are called God's testimony, and the tables of t...