Psalm 122:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 122:1-5

Here we have, I. The pleasure which David and other pious Israelites took in approaching to and attending upon God in public ordinances, Ps. 122:1, 2. 1. The invitation to them was very welcome. David was himself glad, and would have every Israelite to say that he was glad, when he was called upon to go up to the house of the Lord. Note, (1.) It is the will of God that we should worship him in concert, that many should join together to wait upon him in public ordinances. We ought to worship... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 122:1

I was glad when they said unto me ,.... Or, "I rejoiced in", or "because of, those that said unto me" F2 באמרים לי "in dicentibus mihi", Montanus; so Ainsworth, Vatablus, Cocceius; "in his quae dicta sunt mihi", V. L. so Junius & Tremellius. ; or, "in what was said unto me". For it may regard not only the time when he had this pleasure of mind, but the persons who gave it, as well as the ground and reason of the things said unto him, as follows: let us go into the house of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 122:1

I was glad when they said - When Cyrus published an edict for their return, the very first object of their thanksgiving was the kindness of God in permitting them to return to his ordinances. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 122:1

Verse 1 1I 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 thousand years, the Ark of the Covenant had been carried about from place to place, as if it had been in a state of pilgrimage. At length it was revealed to David, that mount Zion was the spot where God would have his ark to be settled, and his temple built. Now, as David himself received this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 122:1

I was glad when they said unto us, Let us go into the house of the Lord (comp. Psalms 5:7 ; Psalms 28:2 ; Psalms 138:2 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 122:1

Glad to go to the house of the Lord. The feeling expressed here is noteworthy, to say the least of it; for— I. SUCH GLADNESS IS RARE . The proof of that is seen in the multitudes that never go at all. And of those who do, how many go as seldom as possible!—an hour and a half a week is considered ample for church-going. And of those who are more regular and frequent, can it be said that they are glad to go? Is it not the sense of duty, the necessity of upholding a religious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 122:1

Joy in God's service. "I was glad," etc. It is well agreed among Bible writers that this cannot be a psalm of David's; it must belong to the time immediately before, or the time subsequent to, the Exile, but very different opinions are entertained concerning its immediate associations. Liddon says, "The pilgrim who composed the psalm would have belonged to one of the ten separated tribes, but he had remained, alter the general defection, true to the divinely ordered worship at Jerusalem,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 122:1-9

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 122:1-9

The house of God and the Church of Jesus Christ. The "house of God" ( Psalms 122:1 and Psalms 122:9 ) may stand for the Christian sanctuary, and the "Jerusalem," of which this psalm is full, may stand for the Church of Jesus Christ. Thus regarded, we have— I. THE HOUSE OF GOD . 1. The Divine Presence . God's house is the place where he dwells; where, in the fullest sense, he is . And though the Omnipresent cannot be said to be in one place more truly than in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 122:1-9

Jerusalem a type of the Church. That which is said or implied here of Jerusalem is appropriate in a symbolic sense to the New Jerusalem, the Church of the living God. I. FOR THE CHURCH IS AS A CITY . 1. Built . The result of thought and toil and care. 2. As Jerusalem , a captured city . It was once the home of all heathen abomination, but by David it was won for God. So the Church is a captured city, a trophy of God's omnipotent grace. 3. Has walls... read more

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