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Verse Psalms 122:2. _OUR FEET SHALL STAND_] For _seventy_ years we
have been exiled from our own land; our _heart_ was in Jerusalem, but
our _feet_ were in Chaldea. Now God has turned our captivity, a...
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OUR FEET SHALL STAND WITHIN THY GATES, O JERUSALEM - We shall enter
the sacred city. It appears now in full view before us - its walls,
its palaces, its sacred places. We shall not stand and gaze upon...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXII. THE GLORY OF THE TEMPLE.
Psalms 122:3. The Psalmist refers probably to the ideal Jerusalem.
Every true Jew was in sentiment a loyal burgher of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem was like Mecca to the Mohamm...
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SHALL STAND. have stood [and shall still stand.] The reference is to
the Passover, which had been kept for "all Israel". See App-67.
JERUSALEM. Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_ (App-6), the wo...
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PSALMS 122
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Tribes Welcomed to the Passover.
ANALYSIS
(See Inserted Headlines.)
(Lm.) Song of the StepsBy David[737]
[737] Some cod. (w. Aram., Sep., Vul.) omit: By DavidGn....
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Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
OUR FEET SHALL STAND WITHIN THY GATES, O JERUSALEM. So it is in this
translation, which regulates the tense by that of the previous, "Let
us go,...
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SHALL STAND] rather, 'were standing,' i.e. came to be standing....
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The writer recalls a journey to Jerusalem and the many sacred memories
associated with that much-loved city....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 122
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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OUR FEET SHALL STAND. — Rather, _Our feet have been, and are now,
standing._ “Here we stand at last at thy gates, O Jerusalem.”
“We must imagine the pilgrims arresting their steps to gaze about
them a...
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עֹ֭מְדֹות הָי֣וּ רַגְלֵ֑ינוּ בִּ֝
שְׁעָרַ֗יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃...
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Psalms 122:1
THIS is very distinctly a pilgrim psalm. But there is difficulty in
determining the singer's precise point of view, arising from the
possibility of understanding the phrase in Psalms 122:...
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JOY IN GOD'S HOUSE
Psalms 122:1
As in the other psalms of the series there is here alternation between
soloist and choir. In Psalms 122:1 the _soloist_ rejoices in the
proposal made to go on a pilgri...
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This is the song of the pilgrims in anticipation of Jerusalem and the
house of worship. It sets forth the glory of the establishment and
compacted city where the tribes gather to give thanks to Jehova...
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Our (b) feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
(b) Which were wont to wander to and fro, as the ark moved....
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Masters. Expecting liberty, or rather food; though it may also imply
that they are ready to run at the first sign, which they observe with
attention. Thus Menelaus had his eyes on Agamemnon. (Homer) ...
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Reader! do mark with what rapture the Song speaks of even standing in
the Lord's house. And was it so delightful to those who only had types
and shadows of good things to come; what then ought to be o...
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_WITHIN THE GATES_
‘Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem!’
Psalms 122:2
The psalm from which this verse is taken was probably written by a
pilgrim to Jerusalem at some time previous t...
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2._Our feet shall be standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem! _In the
Hebrew text the verb is indeed in the past tense, which it would not
be unsuitable to retain; but as it makes little _difference _a...
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Psalms 122 celebrates Jerusalem. The saint is glad to go there. The
tribes go there; the thrones of judgment, of the house of David, are
there. His brethren and companions and the house of Jehovah, th...
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OUR FEET SHALL STAND WITHIN THY GATES, O JERUSALEM. Which is to be
understood not merely literally of the city of Jerusalem, and of
continuance in the possession of it, it being lately taken out of th...
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Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Ver. 2. _Our feet shall stand within thy gates_] Where the ark (at
times transported) was now fixed; this was their great joy, so should
it be ours...
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_I was glad when they said, Let us go_, &c. Or, _We will_ go, _into
the house of the Lord_ They are the words of the people, exhorting one
another to go and attend upon the worship of God at his taber...
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A HYMN OF LOVE FOR THE CHURCH OF GOD.
A song of degrees of David, expressing the sacred joy of the faithful
in being able to participate in the services of the Temple and to feel
the appeal of the ca...
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Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem, or, "Our feet
stood still in thy gates," rooted to the spot for some minutes with
astonishment at the glorious beauty of Jerusalem which was present...
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1-5 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 frien...
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Psalms 122:2 feet H7272 standing H5975 (H8802) gates H8179 Jerusalem
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Psalms 84:7,...
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Psalms 122:2
The Psalm from which this verse is taken was probably written by a
pilgrim to Jerusalem at some time previous to the Babylonish
captivity. On the one hand, it is clear that the house of t...
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Psalms 122:1. _I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the
house of the LORD._
I was glad for their sake, glad to think they were so willing to go. I
was glad also for my own sake, for I wa...
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We will read two portions of Scripture relating to public worship; the
first will be Psalms 122:1 , one of David's «Songs of degrees.» (See
Luke 18:1 for second portion.)
Psalms 122:1. I was glad whe...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for the welfare of Jerusalem.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: When peace comes to Jerusalem there will be peace for all
the world, therefore the saints should earnestly pray for...
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Psalms 122:4. _The tribes go up,_ because they found all the
testimonials of the covenant there; and because the thrones of David's
house would decide their causes with equity. Therefore this psalm
co...
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_I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the
Lord._
A PIOUS PATRIOT
I. Rejoicing in the opportunity for assembling for public worship
(verses 1, 2).
1. One of the grandest so...
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_Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem._
JERUSALEM
The psalm was probably written by a pilgrim to Jerusalem at some time
previous to the Babylonish Captivity. On the one hand, it is clea...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:1. This psalm celebrates Zion as
God’s chosen city (compare Psalms 46:1;...
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INTRODUCTION
This Psalm, which the title ascribes to David, was probably composed
by him after he had settled the Ark in Mount Zion, to encourage the
people to resort to Jerusalem to the three annual...
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EXPOSITION
THE "title" assigns this psalm to David; and there seems to be no
sufficient reason why his authorship should not be accepted. The
description of Jerusalem exactly suits his day (Psalms 122...
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Psa 122:1-9 continues. The idea is I'm traveling now towards
Jerusalem. I'm with probably a company of fifty, a hundred people.
They always got together for these trips to Jerusalem. That is why,
actu...
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2 Chronicles 6:6; Exodus 20:24; Psalms 8:1; Psalms 84:7...