Psalms 122 (LSB)

Chapter Text

122:1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of Yahweh.”

122:2 Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

122:3 Jerusalem, which is built As a city joined altogether;

122:4 To which the tribes, the tribes of Yah, go up— A testimony for Israel— To give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

122:5 For there, thrones sit for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

122:7 May peace be within your walls, And tranquility within your palaces.”

122:8 For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

122:9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "song", "ascents", "david", "glad", "said", "house", "yahweh", and "feet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "song" and "ascents", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "song" and "ascents" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "song" and "ascents" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.