Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 122:5
Verse Psalms 122:5. There are set thrones of judgment] There were the public courts, and thither the people went to obtain justice; and while the thrones of the house of David were there, they had justice.
Verse Psalms 122:5. There are set thrones of judgment] There were the public courts, and thither the people went to obtain justice; and while the thrones of the house of David were there, they had justice.
FOR THERE ARE SET - Margin, Do sit. The Hebrew is, “For there sit thrones for judgment.” They are established there; or, That is the appointed place for administering justice. THRONES OF JUDGMENT - Se...
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...
THRONES. Plural of Majesty. the great Throne....
FOR THERE ARE SET THRONES— "There sits the Sanhedrim, and there resides the royal house of David." Mudge....
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....
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. FOR THERE ARE SET THRONES OF JUDGMENT, THE THRONES OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID. The "For" implies that its promotion to be the re...
THRONES] i.e. tribunals. HOUSE OF DAVID] either the Davidic line of kings or the princes of the house of David....
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
THRONES. — Jerusalem, at first a cause of wonder as a city, is now to the pilgrims a cause of admiration as the _capital._ The mention of the “House of David” itself disposes of the title, but does no...
כִּ֤י שָׁ֨מָּה ׀ יָשְׁב֣וּ כִסְאֹ֣ות לְ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט...
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...
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of (e) David. (e) In whose house God placed the throne of justice, and made it a figure of Christ's kingdom....
It is pleasant to observe how the Old Testament saints delighted themselves in dwelling upon the praise of their beloved Jerusalem. Beautiful for situation (saith one of them) the joy of the whole ear...
5._For there were set thrones for judgment. _He means, that the throne of the kingdom was fixed or established at Jerusalem, or that there it had its permanent seat. Among that people some order of ju...
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...
FOR THERE ARE SET THRONES OF JUDGMENT,.... In Jerusalem as the Targum; here were courts of judicature, and thrones for the judges to sit upon, to execute judgment and justice to the people; THE THRON...
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Ver. 5. _For there are set thrones of judgment_] These are the two chief praises of any place. 1. The exercise of God's since...
_Whither the tribes go up_, &c. Hebrew, _Thither the tribes ascend; the tribes of the Lord_ Whom God hath chosen to be his people, and whom he hath invited and required to resort thither. _Unto the te...
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...
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David; for Jerusalem was not only the seat of the Sanctuary of Israel, but also the capital city of the nation, where the highest gov...
ARE SET: _ Heb._ do set...
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...
This is added as another reason inviting and obliging them to go up to Jerusalem, and as another commendation of this city. THRONES OF JUDGMENT; the supreme courts of justice for ecclesiastical, and e...
Psalms 122:5 thrones H3678 set H3427 (H8804) judgment H4941 thrones H3678 house H1004 David H1732 there -...
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...
_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...
_For there are set thrones of judgment._ TRUE WORSHIP AND CORRECT THINKING The words of our text are the very last we should expect to find in a psalm of praise and adoration. What had thrones of jud...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:1. This psalm celebrates Zion as God’s chosen city (compare Psalms 46:1;...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:3 The singer looks around Jerusalem. BOUND FIRMLY TOGETHER probably compares the physical coziness of the city to the sense of unity the pilgrim expects to find there....
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...
2 Chronicles 11:22; 2 Chronicles 19:8; 2 Samuel 8:18; Deuteronomy 17:18;...
Judgment — The supreme courts of justice for ecclesiastical and civil affairs. Thrones — The royal throne allotted by God to David and to his posterity, and the inferior seats of justice under his aut...