Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:4-5
Psalms 122:4-5. 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 testimony of Israel 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 the testimony. And this is called the testimony of, or to Israel, because it was given by God to them. To... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:5
For there are set - Margin, Do sit. The Hebrew is, “For there sit thrones for judgment.” They are established there; or, That is the appointed place for administering justice.Thrones of judgment - Seats for dispensing justice. The word throne is now commonly appropriated to the seat or chair of a king, but this is not necessarily the meaning here. The word may denote a seat or bench occupied by a judge. The meaning here is, that Jerusalem was the supreme seat of justice; the place where justice... read more