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PsalmsPsa 121:9 PsalmsPsa 122 PsalmsPsa 122:2

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord .

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church; Worship; Thompson Chain Reference - House of God; Love; Worship; Worship, True and False; The Topic Concordance - Jerusalem; Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feasts, the Anniversary; Prayer, Public;

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Degrees, Psalms of; Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Joy; Fausset Bible Dictionary - Degrees, Songs of; Holman Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem; Psalms, Book of; Transportation and Travel; Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallel; Psalms; People's Dictionary of the Bible - Degrees; Psalms the book of; Temple;

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession; The Jewish Encyclopedia - Temple in Rabbinical Literature;

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for November 5;

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Parallel Translations

New Living Translation

A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord ."

Update Bible Version
A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of Yahweh.

New Century Version

A song for going up to worship. Of David.

I was happy when they said to me, "Let's go to the Temple of the Lord ."

New English Translation

A song of ascents, by David.

I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the Lord 's temple."

Webster's Bible Translation
A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

World English Bible
<> I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!"

Amplified Bible
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."

English Standard Version

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Contextual Overview
¹ I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord . ² Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. ³ Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: ⁴ Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord , unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord . ⁵ For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

was glad: Psalms 42:4, Psalms 55:14, Psalms 63:1-3, Psalms 84:1, Psalms 84:2, Psalms 84:10, Psalms 119:111

Let us go: Isaiah 2:3, Jeremiah 31:6, Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5, Micah 4:2, Zechariah 8:21-23

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:25 - he will bring 1 Chronicles 29:3 - I have set Ezra 6:16 - with joy Psalms 26:8 - Lord Psalms 132:7 - will go Psalms 147:1 - and praise Ecclesiastes 8:10 - the place Isaiah 38:22 - What Isaiah 58:13 - call Ezekiel 24:25 - their strength Ezekiel 46:10 - General Luke 2:44 - in
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

I was glad when they said unto me,.... Or, "I rejoiced in", or "because of, those that said unto me" b; or, "in what was said unto me". For it may regard not only the time when he had this pleasure of mind, but the persons who gave it, as well as the ground and reason of the things said unto him, as follows:

let us go into the house of the Lord; the house of the sanctuary, as the Targum; the tabernacle, the place of divine worship, typical of the church of God; which is an house of his building, beautifying, and repairing, and where he dwells: it has all the essentiality of a house; its materials are lively stones; its foundation Christ; its pillars ministers of the word; the beams of it stable believers; its windows the ordinances; and the door into it faith in Christ, and a profession of it. Now it is both the duty and privilege of believers to go into it; here they find spiritual pleasure, enjoy abundance of peace and comfort, and have their spiritual strength renewed, as well as it is to their honour and glory: and it becomes them to stir up one another to go thither; some are slothful and backward; some are lukewarm and indifferent; some are worldly and carnally minded; and others are conceited of their knowledge, and think themselves wiser than their teachers, and therefore need to be excited to their duty; and truly gracious souls are glad when they are stirred up to it, both on their own account, and on the account of others, and because of the glory of God.

b ××××¨×× ×× "in dicentibus mihi", Montanus; so Ainsworth, Vatablus, Cocceius; "in his quae dicta sunt mihi", V. L. so Junius & Tremellius.
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I was glad - It was a subject; of joy to me. The return of the happy season when we were to go up to worship filled me with joy. The language is expressive of the, happiness which is felt by those who love God and his sanctuary, when the stated season of worship returns. The heart is drawn to the house of prayer; the soul is filled with peace at the prospect of being again permitted to worship God. Who the speaker here is, is not known. It may have been David himself; more probably, however, it was designed by him to be used by those who should go up to worship, as expressive of their individual joy.
When they said unto me - When it was said unto me. When the time arrived. When I was invited by others to go. The announcement was joyful; the invitation was welcome. It met the desires of my heart, and I embraced the invitation cheerfully and joyfully.
Let us go into the house of the Lord - Up to the place where God dwells; the house which he has made his abode. If the psalm was composed in the time of David, this would refer to the tabernacle as fixed by him on Mount Zion; if at a later period, to the temple. The language will admit of either interpretation. Compare the notes at Isaiah 2:3.
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Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM CXXII

The satisfaction of a gracious soul in the use of God's
ordinances, 1, 2.
Description of the internal government of Jerusalem, 3-5.
Prayers for its peace and prosperity, 6-9.

NOTES ON PSALM CXXII
In the preceding Psalms we find the poor captives crying to God for deliverance; here they are returning thanks that they find they are permitted to return to their own land and to the ordinances of their God.
Verse Psalms 122:1. I was glad when they said — When Cyrus published an edict for their return, the very first object of their thanksgiving was the kindness of God in permitting them to return to his ordinances.
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Psalms 122:1

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A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

A song for going up to worship. Of David.

A song of ascents, by David.

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

(A song by David for worship.)

A Song of Ascents; of David.

A Song of degrees. Of David.

A song of David for going up to the Temple.

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

A song of ascents. Of David.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

Contextual Overview

Bible Verse Review from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Bible Verse Review
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