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 <div class="label">122</div><div class="s1">Psalm 122#sn Psalm 122. The psalmist expresses his love for Jerusalem and promises to pray for the city&#8217;s security.</div><div class="s2">A song of ascents,#sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21. by David.</div><div class="p">1 I was glad because#tn Heb &#8220;in the ones saying to me.&#8221; After the verb &#1513;&#1474;&#1464;&#1502;&#1463;&#1495; (samakh), the preposition &#1489;&#1468;&#1456; (bet) usually introduces the reason for joy. they said to me,</div><div class="p">&#8220;We will go to the Lord&#8217;s temple.&#8221;</div><div class="p">2 Our feet are#tn Or &#8220;were.&#8221; standing</div><div class="p">inside your gates, O Jerusalem.</div><div class="p">3 Jerusalem#map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. is a city designed</div><div class="p">to accommodate an assembly.#tc Heb &#8220;Jerusalem, which is built like a city which is joined to her together.&#8221; The meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. Many regard this as a description of the compact way in which the city was designed or constructed. The translation assumes an emendation of the verb &#1495;&#1467;&#1489;&#1468;&#1456;&#1512;&#1464;&#1492; (khubb&#255;rah, &#8220;is joined&#8221;) to a noun &#1495;&#1462;&#1489;&#1456;&#1512;&#1464;&#1492; (khevrah, &#8220;association; company&#8221;). The text then reads literally, &#8220;Jerusalem, which is built like a city which has a company together.&#8221; This in turn can be taken as a reference to Jerusalem&#8217;s role as a city where people congregated for religious festivals and other civic occasions (see vv. 4-5).</div><div class="p">4 The tribes go up#tn Or &#8220;went up.&#8221; there,#tn Heb &#8220;which is where the tribes go up.&#8221;</div><div class="p">the tribes of the Lord,</div><div class="p">where it is required that Israel</div><div class="p">give thanks to the name of the Lord.#tn Heb &#8220;[it is] a statute for Israel to give thanks to the name of the Lord.&#8221;</div><div class="p">5 Indeed,#tn Or &#8220;for.&#8221; the leaders sit#tn Or &#8220;sat.&#8221; there on thrones and make legal decisions,</div><div class="p">on the thrones of the house of David.#tn Heb &#8220;Indeed, there they sit [on] thrones for judgment, [on] thrones [belonging] to the house of David.&#8221;</div><div class="p">6 Pray#tn Heb &#8220;ask [for].&#8221; for the peace of Jerusalem!</div><div class="p">May those who love her prosper!#tn Or &#8220;be secure.&#8221;</div><div class="p">7 May there be peace inside your defenses,</div><div class="p">and prosperity#tn or &#8220;security.&#8221; inside your fortresses!#tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.</div><div class="p">8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors</div><div class="p">I will say, &#8220;May there be peace in you!&#8221;</div><div class="p">9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God</div><div class="p">I will pray for you to prosper.#tn Heb &#8220;I will seek good for you.&#8221; The psalmist will seek Jerusalem&#8217;s &#8220;good&#8221; through prayer.</div>
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I was glad because they said to me,
“We will go to the LORD’s temple.”
Our feet are standing
inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is a city designed
to accommodate an assembly.
The tribes go up there,
the tribes of the LORD,
where it is required that Israel
give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions,
on the thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
May those who love her prosper!
May there be peace inside your defenses,
and prosperity inside your fortresses!
For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors
I will say, “May there be peace in you!”
For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God
I will pray for you to prosper.

සවන් දෙන්න Psalms 122