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Verse Psalms 122:4. _THE TESTIMONY OF ISRAEL_] There is the _ark_,
where the presence of God is manifested; there is the holy of holies;
and there all the tribes assembled to worship Jehovah. He no do...
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WHITHER THE TRIBES - The twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
GO UP - To the great feasts and festivals of the nation. See Exodus
23:17. This language of going up is such as would be used anywher...
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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 celebra...
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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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GO UP. See App-68 "Zion".
THE LORD. Hebrew Jah. App-4.
TESTIMONY: the Ark of Jehovah.
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....
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WHITHER THE TRIBES GO UP, &C.— _There the tribes ascend the tribes
of the Lord; there is the testimony of Israel; that they may make
their acknowledgments to the name of Jehovah._ The _testimony of
Is...
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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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Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony
of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
WHITHER THE TRIBES GO UP, THE TRIBES OF THE LORD, UNTO THE TESTIMONY
OF ISR...
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122:4 Israel, (c-13) Or 'Israel's custom.'...
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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 WILL GO UP TO JERUSALEM" (LUKE 18:31).
THE STORY OF PSALMS 120:134
These 15 psalms are called...
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UNTO THE TESTIMONY. — This is erroneous. The words are
parenthetical: “Thither go (or, must and shall go) the tribes, the
tribes of Judah (it is an ordinance for Israel) to praise the name of
Jehovah....
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שֶׁ שָּׁ֨ם עָל֪וּ שְׁבָטִ֡ים שִׁבְטֵי
־יָ֭הּ עֵד֣וּת לְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְ֝
הֹדֹ֗ות לְ שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃...
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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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Whither (d) the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the
testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
(d) All the tribes according to God's covenant will come and pray
there....
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_A reproach. Hebrew, "with the reproach of those at ease," &c.,
(Haydock) or "let reproach fall upon," &c. We are treated with too
much scorn, Lamentations iii. 30. (Calmet) --- Yet God will not permi...
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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...
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4._Thither the tribes ascended. _David here invests Jerusalem with two
titles of honor, calling it the sacred and regularly appointed place
for calling upon the name of God; and next, the royal sea, t...
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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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WHITHER THE TRIBES GO UP, THE TRIBES OF THE LORD,.... The twelve
tribes of Israel; the males of them went up three times a year to
Jerusalem to worship, at the feasts of passover, pentecost, and
taber...
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Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony
of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
Ver. 4. _Whither the tribes go up_] Thrice a year all the males
appeared befo...
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_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...
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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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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 friend...
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THE TRIBES; not some few pious people of each tribe, as in Saul's time
and under the judges, but whole tribes; nor only one or two of the
tribes, as it was during the late civil wars, but all the twel...
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Psalms 122:4 Where H8033 tribes H7626 go H5927 (H8804) tribes H7626
LORD H3050 Testimony H5715 Israel H3478 thanks H3034 (H8687) name
H8034 LORD H3068
Whither - Psalms 78:68, Psalms 132:13; Exodu
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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 wh...
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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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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 122:1. This psalm celebrates Zion as
God’s chosen city (compare Psalms 46:1; Psalms 48:1; Psalms 76:1;
Psalms 87:1), and the privilege of going there on a pilgrimage
(compar...
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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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Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 12:5; Deuteronomy 16:16; Exodus 16:34;
Exodus 23:17; Exodus 26:33; Exodus 26:34; Exodus 32:15; Exodus 34:23;...
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The tribes — Whom God has chosen to be his people. Unto — Unto the
ark, called the testimony, because of the tables of the covenant laid
up in it, which are called God's testimony, and the tables of t...