1 A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. I was so happy when they said to me, “Let's go the house of the Lord.” 2 Now we're standing inside your gates, Jerusalem! 3 Jerusalem is built as a city where people can be together. 4 All the tribes—the tribes of the Lord—go up there, following the command given to Israel to give thanks to the Lord. 5 This is where the thrones are placed, where judgment is given, the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray that Jerusalem may be at peace. May everyone who loves Jerusalem be kept safe. 7 May there be peace within your walls, and safety within your fortresses. 8 On behalf of my family and friends, I will now say, “May you be at peace.” 9 On behalf of the house of the Lord our God, I pray that everything goes well for you.
Psalm 122 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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).
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“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)