“ Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. ”
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...
Our (b) feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. (b) Which were wont to wander to and fro, as the ark moved.
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...
shall stand . have stood [and shall still stand.] The reference is to the Passover, which had been kept for "all Israel". See App-67. Jerusalem. Note the Figure of speech Anadiplosis (App-6), t...
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 dif...
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Our feet shad 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 ha...
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 u...
The writer recalls a journey to Jerusalem and the many sacred memories associated with that much-loved city.
Our feet shall stand. — Rather, Our feet have been, and are now, standing. “Here we stand at last at thy gates, O Jerusalem.” “We must imagine the pilgrims arresting their steps to gaze about the...
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...
Reader! do mark with what rapture the Song speaks of even standing in the Lord's house. And was it so delightful to those who only had types and shadows of good things to come; what then ought to be...
WITHIN THE GATES ‘Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem!’ Psalms 122:2 The psalm from which this verse is taken was probably written by a pilgrim to Jerusalem at some time previ...
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...
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Ver. 2. Our feet shall stand within thy gates ] Where the ark (at times transported) was now fixed; this was their great joy, so should it be ou...
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...
Our feet shall stand; thither we shall come, and there we shall make our abode during the times of solemn worship. Within thy gates, O Jerusalem; in that city where the ark is now fixed. We shall...
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...
Psalms 122:2 The Psalm from which this verse is taken was probably written by a pilgrim to Jerusalem at some time previous to the Babylonish captivity. On the one hand, it is clear that the house...
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...
A Hymn of Love for the Church of God. A song of degrees of David, expressing the sacred joy of the faithful in being able to participate in the services of the Temple and to feel the appeal of the...
2 Chronicles 6:6 ; Exodus 20:24 ; Psalms 8:1 ; Psalms 84:7