Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 122:7
Within thy walls; in all thy dwellings. Within thy palaces; especially in the court and the dwellings of the princes and rulers, whose welfare is a public blessing to all the people.
Within thy walls; in all thy dwellings. Within thy palaces; especially in the court and the dwellings of the princes and rulers, whose welfare is a public blessing to all the people.
Verse Psalms 122:7. _PEACE BE WITHIN THY WALLS_] This is the _form of prayer_ that they are to use: "May _prosperity_ ever reside within thy walls, on all the people that dwell there; and tranquillity...
PEACE BE WITHIN THY WALLS - The word here rendered walls, means properly an host, an army; then a fortification, an entrenchment, especially the ditch or trench with the low wall or breastwork which s...
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...
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...
PEACE BE WITHIN. Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), uniting Psalms 122:7 and Psalms 122:8 by beginning and ending with the same words....
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....
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. PEACE BE WITHIN THY WALLS - thy external circumference. PROSPERITY (OR SECURE TRANQUILLITY) WITHIN THY PALACES - thy stately interio...
122:7 prosperity (d-6) Or 'restful security.' see Zechariah 7:7 ....
The writer recalls a journey to Jerusalem and the many sacred memories associated with that much-loved city....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 122 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
It is impossible in English to reproduce the effect of the original in these references to the usual greetings of the East, since at the same time they contain alliterations and a play on the name of...
יְהִֽי ־שָׁלֹ֥ום בְּ חֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּ...
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:...
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...
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...
Peace be within thy (f) walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces. (f) The favour of God prosper you both within and without....
Having celebrated the praises of Jerusalem, the Psalmist here calls upon all the people to pray for its prosperity; and as a accommodation, declares that blessings shall attend all who do so. And fina...
7._Peace be within thy bulwarks, _etc. The two clauses express the same sentiment, and, therefore, the meaning of the first is gathered from the second. The term _peace _signifies nothing else than pr...
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...
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; a...
Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces. Ver. 7. _Peace be within thy walls_] David had no sooner admonished others of their duty, but himself beginneth to them, _Quod iussit e...
_Pray for the peace of Jerusalem_ In the prosperity of which both your civil and religious privileges are deeply concerned. _They shall prosper that love thee_ Or, _Let them prosper_, the future being...
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...
Peace be within thy walls, both externally and inwardly, AND PROSPERITY WITHIN THY PALACES, the blessing of Jehovah resting upon all inhabitants....
6-9 Those who can do nothing else for the peace of Jerusalem, may pray for it. Let us consider all who seek the glory of the Redeemer, as our brethren and fellow-travellers, without regarding differe...
Psalms 122:7 Peace H7965 walls H2426 Prosperity H7962 palaces H759 Peace - 1 Chronicles 12:18;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Pray for the peace of Jerusalem._ THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH I. Wherein the good of the Church consists. 1. Peace. Not that which results from mere inertness or indifference, but that which co-exists w...
_Peace be within thy walls._ THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF JERUSALEM The leading elements which constitute a prosperous Church are-- I. Purity of doctrine. It is fashionable to sneer at doctrine, to t...
_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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:1. This psalm celebrates Zion as God’s chosen city (compare Psalms 46:1;...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:6 In light of what Jerusalem should be, the psalm ends by urging God’s people to seek the conditions that will make that a reality: THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM....
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 12:18; Isaiah 54:13; Isaiah 9:7; James 3:18; John 14:27;