“ I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. ”
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 thos...
"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.
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 M...
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 Dav...
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 Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. I was glad when they said - When Cyrus published an edict for their return, the very first object...
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, t...
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. As Psalms 121:1-8 was sung in sight of Jerusalem's distant hills, so this psalm at the gates, when the pilgrims halte...
'I rejoiced with them that said unto me.'
Let us go. — Or, we will go. This verse is inscribed over the portico of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Psalms 122:1-9 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 Psal...
Joy in God's House Psalms 122:1-9 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 o...
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 Jehov...
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 th...
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...
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...
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 c...
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...
The Pleasures of Public Worship. A song of degrees of David. 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the...
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 h...
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 annua...
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...
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 18:1-14 for second portion.) Psalms 122:1 . I...
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...
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 grande...
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 ( P...
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 he...
Isaiah 2:3 ; Jeremiah 31:6 ; Jeremiah 50:4 ; Jeremiah 50:5 ; Micah 4:2 ; Psalms 119:111 ; Psalms 42:4 ; Psalms 55:14 ; Psalms 63:1-3 ; Psalms 84:1 ; Psalms 84:10 ; Psalms 84:2 ; Psalms 1...