Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Psalms 122:1-9
The writer recalls a journey to Jerusalem and the many sacred memories associated with that much-loved city.
The writer recalls a journey to Jerusalem and the many sacred memories associated with that much-loved city.
PSALM CXXII _The satisfaction of a gracious soul in the use of God's_ _ordinances_, 1, 2. _Description of the internal government of Jerusalem_, 3-5. _Prayers for its peace and prosperity_, 6-9....
I WAS GLAD - It was a subject; of joy to me. The return of the happy season when we were to go up to worship filled me with joy. The language is expressive of the, happiness which is felt by those who...
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...
TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _shir._ See note on Title of Psalms 120:1, and App-65. OF DEGREES . of the degrees (with article), as on Title of Psalms 120:1. See App-67, and note on p. 827. OF DAVID . by Dav...
PSAL.CXXII. _David professeth his joy for the church, and prayeth for the peace thereof._ A Song of Degrees of David. _Title._ המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth._] Dr. Chandler is of opinion, that th...
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....
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. As Psalms 121:1 was sung in sight of Jerusalem's distant hills, so this psalm at the gates, when the pilgrims halted to form...
122:1 said (b-11) Or 'I rejoice in them that say.'...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 122 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
LET US GO. — Or, _we will go._ This verse is inscribed over the portico of St. Paul’s Cathedral....
שִׁ֥יר הַֽ מַּעֲלֹ֗ות לְ דָ֫וִ֥ד שָׂ֭מַחְתִּי...
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...
"A Song of degrees of David." I (a) was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. (a) He rejoices that God had appointed a place where the ark would still remain....
_Canticle. Hebrew adds, "of David." (Haydock) --- Syriac also attributes to him, though Zorobabel, &c., might recite it at their return. It may also refer to the captives groaning under oppression, (C...
CONTENTS We have here the expressions of joy which the Israelites made use of, when inviting one another to go up to the house of God. The Psalm ends with a prayer for the peace and prosperity of the...
_JOY IN PUBLIC WORSHIP_ ‘I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.’ Psalms 122:1 I. GLAD, BECAUSE IT IS THE PLACE OF REST FROM THE WEEK’S TOIL AND CARE.—In the sanctu...
1_I was glad when they said to me. _God had often told Moses, that his Sanctuary would one day have a certain and fixed place of abode; yet from the time of Moses, for the space of more than a thousan...
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...
I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME,.... Or, "I rejoiced in", or "because of, those that said unto me" b; or, "in what was said unto me". For it may regard not only the time when he had this pleasure of...
Psalms 122:1 «A Song of degrees of David. » I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Ver. 1. _I was glad when they said unto me_] The flourish of religion is the chief...
_I was glad when they said, Let us go_, &c. Or, _We will_ go, _into the house of the Lord_ They are the words of the people, exhorting one another to go and attend upon the worship of God at his taber...
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. The psalmist expresses his joy over the invitation to join the festal train; he now remembers the happiness that filled his hea...
A HYMN OF LOVE FOR THE CHURCH OF GOD. A song of degrees of David, expressing the sacred joy of the faithful in being able to participate in the services of the Temple and to feel the appeal of the ca...
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...
PSALM 122 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been written by David for the use of the people when they came up to Jerusalem to the solemn feasts. David professeth his joy when he went into the hous...
Psalms 122:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 David H1732 glad H8055 (H8804) said H559 (H8802) go H3212 ...
A SONG OF DEGREES Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms 112:2)....
Psalms 122:1 I. Why was David so glad? why did his heart beat with a thrill of pleasure at the summons to enter God's house? Because David was a man who lived in the faith and fear of God; because fro...
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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:1. This psalm celebrates Zion as God’s chosen city (compare Psalms 46:1;...
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...
Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 31:6; Jeremiah 50:4; Jeremiah 50:5; Micah 4:2;...