Psalm 122 is telling us a church gathering is like nothing else on earth: It is gathering in the very presence of God—even on Sundays when we don't FEEL God's presence. It is the gathering of citizens of the new Jerusalem—even when we're distracted by our citizenship on earth.
Response: Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord. I rejoiced because they said to me, “We will go up to the house of the Lord.” And now we have set foot within your gates, O Jerusalem. (Response.) Jerusalem, built as a city with compact unity.
“Let us go to the house of the Lord” (Psalm 122:1, NIV). The children will: Know that going to church and studying God's Word was important to Jesus. Feel happy that they can go to church and worship God with others. Respond by enthusiastically participating in Sabbath School and church.
Psalms helps us express ourselves to the Lord. The book is filled with words to pray and songs to sing. It reminds us we can lament and express our grief to God. The psalms remind us to remember the God who is the beginning and end of all things, to rest in His sovereignty, and to have joy in all circumstances.
Psalms 122:4 in Other Translations
They come to give thanks to the name of the LORD, as the law requires of Israel. MSG. 4 The city to which the tribes ascend, all God's tribes go up to worship, To give thanks to the name of God - this is what it means to be Israel.
Psalm 122 is the 122nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I was glad" and in Latin entitled Laetatus sum. It is attributed to King David and one of the fifteen psalms described as A song of ascents (Shir Hama'alot).
The meaning here is, that Jerusalem was the supreme seat of justice; the place where justice was dispensed for the nation. It was at once the religious and the civil capital of the nation. The thrones of the house of David - Of the family of David, who performed the office of magistrates, or who administered justice.
Psalm 23 at number 1 is no surprise, but Psalm 121 was actually only one retweet behind. Most of the Top 10 contain famous and quotable verses. The main surprise is Psalm 138 at Number 3.
While most of Scripture delivers words from God to man, the Psalms provide man with Spirit-inspired words to pray and sing to God. The format and diversity of the Psalms allows them to be used in a number of powerful ways individually and corporately – almost like a Swiss Army knife for our spiritual lives.
“Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:2). This particular Psalm is one of praise and worship as it reflects on and tells of the goodness of the Lord. In his praise and adoration to God, David wrote that he would not forget the benefits of God.
The Lord means for us to guard our hearts by filtering our emotions, desires, thoughts, and responses through his Word. He is the watchman that protects our souls.
Crying to God is not childish. It is a proof of our trust and utter dependence on God, Who is able to assuage our predicament. When hope is hopeless and there is no one to help, CRYING IN FAITH to God is consequential. Psalm 34:6 “THIS POOR MAN CRIED, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.”
As human words to and about God, the Psalms instruct us in myriad ways about how to worship God. They teach us how to sing, dance, rejoice, give thanks, confess sin, grieve, express anger, make requests of God, proclaim God's name far and wide, and more.
Peace be within thy walls. The word say might be supplied; for this, with the following, seem to be petitions the psalmist puts into the mouths of those he desires to pray for Jerusalem's peace; and he directs them to pray in this manner, to take with them such words as these, and pray to the Lord.
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Look at verses 6-9: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you be secure. 7 May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels. ' 8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, 'Peace be within you.
The pleasure and profit from means of grace, should make us disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should quicken one another to what is good. We should desire our Christian friends, when they have any good work in hand, to call for us, and take us with them.
The Psalms, and also the Biblical text generally, have been the source of reflection, contemplation and other aspects of spirituality. These texts, for example, determine form, contents and function of many prayers, of worship, hymns, liturgy, and many other aspects of the spiritual life.
Through studying the Psalms we encounter joy, grief, fear, anxiety, hope, love, praise, and so on. The Psalms are an aid to voicing to our true feelings. As Calvin puts it, they "draw each of us to the examination of himself...and the heart is brought into the light."
Psalm 139 gets my vote for being the most beautiful of the psalms in the King James version.
You may recognize it as one of our hymns! “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want” (Psalms 23:1). Christians around the world love this psalm!
Psalm 34:17-20
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.
6 Pray for the apeace of Jerusalem: they shall bprosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, aPeace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.
1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” 2 Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.
Psalms 122:1-3 In-Context
1 I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.” 2 Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together.