Psalms 122:4

go up. See App-68 "Zion".

THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4.

testimony: the Ark of Jehovah.

name. See note on Psalms 20:1.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 122:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whither the tribes - The twelve tribes of the children of Israel. Go up - To the great feasts and festivals of the nation. See Exodus 23:17...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Whither (d) the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. (d) All the tribes acc...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 burgh...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Thither the tribes ascended. David here invests Jerusalem with two titles of honor, calling it the sacred and regularly appointed place f...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. The testimony of Israel - T...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Whither the tribes go up, &c.— There the tribes ascend the tribes of the Lord; there is the testimony of Israel; that they may make their ackn...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. Whither the tribes...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The writer recalls a journey to Jerusalem and the many sacred memories associated with that much-loved city.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Go up ] better, 'went up,' in days gone by. Unto the testimony] RV 'for a testimony' of God's relationship to Israel: cp. Psalms 81:5 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Unto the testimony. — This is erroneous. The words are parenthetical: “Thither go (or, must and shall go) the tribes, the tribes of Judah (it is an...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ci...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is pleasant to observe how the Old Testament saints delighted themselves in dwelling upon the praise of their beloved Jerusalem. Beautiful for sit...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord ,.... The twelve tribes of Israel; the males of them went up three times a year to Jerusalem to wor...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. Ver. 4. Whither the trib...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ha...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pleasures of Public Worship. A song of degrees of David. 1 I w...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The tribes; not some few pious people of each tribe, as in Saul's time and under the judges, but whole tribes; nor only one or two of the tribes, a...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 th...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 122:1 . I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. I was glad for their sake, glad to think they were so wil...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 dec...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 pub...
The Biblical Illustrator

Whither the tribes go up. The church the centre of union The church is still the centre of union. To this sacred place the tribes of God are ev...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE "title" assigns this psalm to David; and there seems to be no sufficient reason why his authorship should not be accepted. The...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 se...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, the faithful members of all Israel being required to journey to Jerusalem three times a year, for t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 12:11 ; Deuteronomy 12:5 ; Deuteronomy 16:16 ; Exodus 16:34 ; Exodus 23:17 ; Exodus 26:33 ; Exodus 26:34 ; Exodus 32:15 ; Exodus...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The tribes — Whom God has chosen to be his people. Unto — Unto the ark, called the testimony, because of the tables of the covenant laid up in it,...

⁴ Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 122:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 122:4