1 A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.” 2 Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself. 4 For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord. 5 For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David. 6 Petition for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem, and for abundance for those who love you. 7 Let peace be in your virtue, and abundance in your towers. 8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors, I spoke peace about you. 9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I sought good things for you.
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Psalm 121 (122) Catholic Public Domain Version
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Notes on this text (4)
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Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Psalm 84:10; Micah 4:2; Isaiah 2:3; Psalm 84:1–2; Psalm 128:1
- 2 Psalm 100:4; Psalm 84:7; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Exodus 20:24; Psalm 87:1–3
- 3 2 Samuel 5:9; Ephesians 2:20–21; Nehemiah 4:6; Ephesians 4:4–7; Psalm 147:2
- 4 Deuteronomy 16:16; Psalm 66:13–16; Exodus 23:17; Exodus 34:23–24; Psalm 107:1–3
- 5 Deuteronomy 17:8; 2 Chronicles 19:8; 2 Samuel 8:18; Deuteronomy 17:18; 2 Chronicles 11:22
- 6 Psalm 51:18; Genesis 12:3; Jeremiah 29:7; Psalm 137:6–7; Numbers 24:9
- 7 John 14:27; Isaiah 54:13; James 3:18; Psalm 48:3; Psalm 48:13
- 8 Psalm 16:3; Psalm 119:63; 1 Samuel 25:6; Psalm 42:4; Philippians 2:2–5
- 9 Nehemiah 2:10; Psalm 84:10; Psalm 84:1–2; Nehemiah 13:14; John 2:17
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 122.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Let them "lift up their eyes to the hills whence cometh their help" (ver. 1). What meaneth, The hills have been lightened?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… sing a song of degrees; we glow inwardly with Thy fire, with Thy good fire, and we go, because we go upwards to the peace of Jerusalem; for glad was I when they said unto me, "Let us go into the house of the Lord." There hath Thy good pleasure placed us, that we may desire no other thing than …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)