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Psalm 121 (122) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 122 · About the recordings

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Psalm 121 in DRB = Psalm 122 in WEB.

DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the house of the Lord.
122:1 A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”
2 Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
122:2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.
122:3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,
4 For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
122:4 where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.
5 Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.
122:5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.
122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
7 Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.
122:7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
8 For the sake of my brethren, and of my neighbours, I spoke peace of thee.
122:8 For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.
122:9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
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 DRB.

  1. 1 Psalm 84:10; Micah 4:2; Isaiah 2:3; Psalm 84:1–2; Psalm 128:1
  2. 2 Psalm 100:4; Psalm 84:7; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Exodus 20:24; Psalm 87:1–3
  3. 3 2 Samuel 5:9; Ephesians 2:20–21; Nehemiah 4:6; Ephesians 4:4–7; Psalm 147:2
  4. 4 Deuteronomy 16:16; Psalm 66:13–16; Exodus 23:17; Exodus 34:23–24; Psalm 107:1–3
  5. 5 Deuteronomy 17:8; 2 Chronicles 19:8; 2 Samuel 8:18; Deuteronomy 17:18; 2 Chronicles 11:22
  6. 6 Psalm 51:18; Genesis 12:3; Jeremiah 29:7; Psalm 137:6–7; Numbers 24:9
  7. 7 John 14:27; Isaiah 54:13; James 3:18; Psalm 48:3; Psalm 48:13
  8. 8 Psalm 16:3; Psalm 119:63; 1 Samuel 25:6; Psalm 42:4; Philippians 2:2–5
  9. 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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXXI)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 122:1 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters VI–XI)

    … 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)