Psalm 122

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - The prosperity, the welfare of Jerusalem - for peace is everywhere the image of prosperity and happiness. Compare Psalms 51:18. This is the language which those who were going up to the city - to the house of the Lord - addressed to each other, expressing the joyful feelings of their hearts at their own near approach to the city. It breathes the desire that all would pray for the peace and prosperity of a city so dear to their own souls; where the worship of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:7

Peace be within thy walls - The word here rendered walls, means properly an host, an army; then a fortification, an entrenchment, especially the ditch or trench with the low wall or breastwork which surrounds it. Gesenius, Lexicon. It refers here to the fortifications or defenses around Jerusalem.And prosperity - Peace; the same word which is used in the previous verse, and expressing the same idea - that of tranquility.Within thy palaces - This word properly means a “fortress,” “castle;” then,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:8

For my brethren and companions’ sakes - Because they dwell there; or, because they go up there to worship; or, because they love thee, and find their happiness in thee; or, because they are unconverted, and all my hope of their salvation is to be derived from thee - from the church, from the influence of religion.I will now say, Peace be within thee - I will pray for thy peace, for thy prosperity, for the blessing of God upon thee - because their good, their comfort, their hope of salvation,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:9

Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good - Because of the sanctuary within thee; because that is the place where God is worshipped. The principal attraction in thee is the fact that in thee is the place where the worship of God is celebrated. It is this which gives its main importance in my view to the place; it is for this, and because I desire its influence to be perpetuated and extended, that I seek thy prosperity. This expresses a deep feeling in the mind of a pious... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122

A.M. 2959. B.C. 1045. 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 feasts, or to express his pleasure in observing that they did assemble there in great numbers. He shows with what joy they were to go up to Jerusalem, Psalms 122:1 , Psalms 122:2 . The esteem they ought to have for it, Psalms 122:3-5 . The prayers they ought to make for its welfare,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:1-2

Psalms 122:1-2. 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 tabernacle or temple at Jerusalem, and especially at the three great festivals; and they are intended to signify with what great joy such Israelites as were pious received and complied with invitations from their brethren to accompany them on these occasions. But with how much... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:3

Psalms 122:3. Jerusalem is builded as a city, compact together Hebrew, שׁחברה לה , shechubberah lah, quæ conjuncta est sibi, which is united, or, compacted to, or, in itself. The word signifies “the connection or joining of things aptly and closely to each other. Thus it is used of the coupling of the curtains of the tabernacle together, Exodus 36:18. Hence it is used to denote the connection and society of friendship, affection, and purpose, Genesis 14:3; Hosea 4:17. In the place... read more

Joseph Benson

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:6-9

Psalms 122:6-9. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem In the prosperity of which both your civil and religious privileges are deeply concerned. They shall prosper that love thee Or, Let them prosper, the future being taken imperatively, as is very frequent. The Lord grant them prosperity and all happiness. Peace be within thy walls In all thy dwellings; and prosperity within thy palaces Especially in the dwellings of thy princes and rulers, whose welfare and prosperity may be a public... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 122:1-9

Psalms 120-124 To Jerusalem for worshipEach of the fifteen Psalms 120:0 to 134 is entitled ‘A Song of Ascents’ (RSV; NIV). These psalms were apparently sung by worshippers from the country areas as they made the journey up to Jerusalem for the various annual festivals.Whether or not the psalms were written for this purpose, they have been arranged in a sequence that reflects the feelings of the travellers. They provide expressions of worship for the travellers as they set out from distant... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 122:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:1-2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 122:6-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 122:1-9

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