Psalms 122:2

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. OUR FEET SHALL STAND WITHIN THY GATES, O JERUSALEM. So it is in this translation, which regulates the tense by that of the previous, "Let us go," 'We will go.' But it may be in the Preterits, having regard to the tense, "I was glad." 'Our feet have taken their stand (or have been standing) within thy gates, O Jerusalem.' In which view the pilgrims are regarded as halting within the gates of the holy city. A somewhat long stay had to be made at the gates until all the pilgrims had come up, and the procession to the sanctuary was arranged. Compare . "I went (in solemn procession, Hebrew) with them (the multitude) to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise (which words show the songs were sung to the Lord during the processions), with a multitude that kept holyday....

2._Our feet shall be standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem! _In the Hebrew text the verb is indeed in the past tense, which it would not be unsuitable to retain; but as it makes little _difference _as to the meaning whether the one reading or the other is adopted, I have no difficulty in leaving my readers to their own _choice. _David rehearses the language in which all the godly in common expressed themselves — that they should at length stand with sure footing in Jerusalem, because it was the will of God there to establish his Sanctuary, which hitherto had often changed its lodgings, and had been carried from place to place. By such a pilgrimage state of the ark, God reminded the people that he had not without cause spoken by Moses what I have a little ago adverted to. Thus, whenever the ark of the covenant was conveyed from one place to another, God thereby stirred up the hearts of h...

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 friends, when they have any good work in hand, to call for us, and take us with them. With what readiness should we think of the heavenly Jerusalem! How cheerfully should we bear the cross and welcome death, in hopes of a crown of glory! Jerusalem is called the beautiful city. It was a type of the gospel church, which is compact together in holy love and Christian communion, so that it is all as one city. If all the disciples of Christ were of one mind, and kept the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, their enemies would be deprived of their chief advantages against them. But Satan's maxim always has been, to divide that he may conquer; and few Christians are sufficiently aware of his design...

Verse Psalms 122:2. _OUR FEET SHALL STAND_] For _seventy_ years we have been exiled from our own land; our _heart_ was in Jerusalem, but our _feet_ were in Chaldea. Now God has turned our captivity, and our feet shall shortly stand _within the gates of Jerusalem_. What a transition from misery to happiness! and what a subject for rejoicing!...

OUR FEET SHALL STAND WITHIN THY GATES, O JERUSALEM - We shall enter the sacred city. It appears now in full view before us - its walls, its palaces, its sacred places. We shall not stand and gaze upon it at a distance; we shall not merely be charmed with its beauty as we approach it; we shall accomplish the object of our desire, and enter within its walls and gates. So the believer approaches heaven - the New Jerusalem above. he will not merely admire its exterior, and look upon it at a distance; but he will enter in. He draws nearer and nearer to it, and as he approaches it when he is dying, its beauty becomes the more charming to his view, and the joy of his heart increases as he now feels the assurance that he will “stand within its gates:” that he will enter there, and dwell there forever. So said Dr. Payson, when approaching the end of life: “The celestial city is full in my view. I...

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 122:3). The "thrones of judgment, thrones of the house of David" (Psalms 122:5) would be his own throne and that of his son Solomon, whom he associated. The "house of the Lord" (Psalms 122:1) would be the tabernacle which David set up (2 Samuel 6:17). The "tribes of the Lord," which were all united under David (2 Samuel 5:5),

OUR FEET SHALL STAND WITHIN THY GATES, O JERUSALEM. Which is to be understood not merely literally of the city of Jerusalem, and of continuance in the possession of it, it being lately taken out of the hands of the Jebusites; but spiritually of the church of God, which is often called by this name; the gates of which are the same as the gates of Zion, and the gates of wisdom, the word and ordinances; attendance on which is signified by "standing": and which also denotes continuance therein: and happy are those that are within these gates, and have a comfortable assurance of their abiding there; and still more happy will they be who will be admitted within the gates of the New Jerusalem, which are said to be twelve, and every, one of them of one pearl; and through which none shall enter into the city but pure and holy persons, Revelation 21:2....

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 when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD._ «I was glad for my own sake, for I hungered and thirsted to go into the house of the Lord; I was glad for the sake of those who offered to go with me, for I delight to see in others a longing desire to profit by the means of grace; I was glad when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.'» Psalms 122:2. Our feet shall sta

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 celebrate the feasts of the Lord--”Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” They are indeed Psalms of “the goings-up” for we rise higher and higher as we read through them. Prophetically they give us again the steps from trial and suffering to the glorious consummation. As they are so simple in language and construction no lengthy annotations are needed. Psalms 120:1 begins with distress, picturing again the suffering of the righteous godly remnant. In Psalms 121:1 the Keeper of Israel, the Covenant Keeping God, is revealed

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 Mohammedan or Rome to the Roman Catholic; therefore the tribes went up to it (_cf._ Psalms 87). Psalms 122:5. are: read, were (_mg.)._ The poet recalls the ancient glories of David's time....