Psalms 122 (WEB)

Chapter Text

122:1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”

122:2 Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

122:3 Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;

122:4 where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.

122:5 For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.

122:7 Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

122:8 For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “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 "glad", "said", "yahweh", "house", "feet", "standing", "within", and "gates". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "glad" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "glad" and "said" 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 "glad" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.