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 us go," 'We will go.' But it may be in the Preterits, having regard to the tense, "I was glad." 'Our feet have taken their stand (or have been standing) within thy gates, O Jerusalem.' In which view the pilgrims are regarded as halting within the gates of the holy city. A somewhat long stay had to be made at the gates until all the pilgrims had come up, and the procession to the sanctuary was arranged. Compare Psalms 42:4. "I went (in solemn procession, Hebrew) with them (the multitude) to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise (which words show the songs were sung to the Lord during the processions), with a multitude that kept holyday."