1 Пѣ́снь степе́ней, Возвесели́хсѧ ѡ҆ ре́кшихъ мнѣ̀: въ до́мъ гдⷭ҇ень по́йдемъ. 2 Стоѧ́ще бѧ́хꙋ но́ги на́шѧ во дво́рѣхъ твои́хъ, і҆ерⷭ҇ли́ме. 3 І҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ зи́ждемый ꙗ҆́кѡ гра́дъ, є҆мꙋ́же прича́стїе є҆гѡ̀ вкꙋ́пѣ. 4 Та́мѡ бо взыдо́ша кѡлѣ́на, кѡлѣ́на гдⷭ҇нѧ, свидѣ́нїе і҆и҃лево, и҆сповѣ́датисѧ и҆́мени гдⷭ҇ню: 5 ꙗ҆́кѡ та́мѡ сѣдо́ша престо́ли на сꙋ́дъ, престо́ли въ домꙋ̀ дв҃довѣ. 6 Вопроси́те же ꙗ҆̀же ѡ҆ ми́рѣ і҆ерⷭ҇ли́ма: и҆ ѻ҆би́лїе лю́бѧщымъ тѧ̀. 7 Бꙋ́ди же ми́ръ въ си́лѣ твое́й, и҆ ѻ҆би́лїе въ столпостѣна́хъ твои́хъ. 8 Ра́ди бра́тїй мои́хъ и҆ бли́жнихъ мои́хъ глаго́лахъ ᲂу҆́бѡ ми́ръ ѡ҆ тебѣ̀. 9 До́мꙋ ра́ди гдⷭ҇а бг҃а на́шегѡ взыска́хъ бл҃га̑ѧ тебѣ̀.
Psalms · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Psalm 121 (122) Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 122 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (4)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms are numbered as in the Septuagint (Psalm 50 = Psalm 51 in English Bibles); verse numbers follow the Russian Synodal Bible, where a psalm's title is verse 1 (or 1–2).
- Psalms 13, 71, 92, 127 and 129 divide their verses differently from the Russian Synodal Bible, so a few verse numbers there do not match it; the line "The songs of David, son of Jesse, are ended" opens Psalm 72 (with its title) instead of closing Psalm 71.
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
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 Slavonic.
- 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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)