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Psalms 122:2
2Now we have arrived! We are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem!
Psalms 122:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
- New International Version (NIV)Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
Context of Psalms 122:2
1It made me very happy when people said to me, ‘We will go to the house of the Lord.’ Now we have arrived! We are standing inside your gates, Jerusalem! 3Jerusalem is a strong city where many people can meet together. 4Israel's tribes who belong to the Lord go up there. They go there to thank the Lord, as he has commanded them.
Read all of Psalms 122Psalms 122:2 word by word
עֹ֭מְדוֹת הָי֣וּ רַגְלֵ֑ינוּ בִּ֝שְׁעָרַ֗יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 122:2
- Psalms 84:7The people become stronger as they travel, until each one meets with God in Zion.
- Psalms 87:1The Lord built his city on the holy mountain.
- Psalms 100:4Thank him as you go through the gates into his temple. Praise him as you stand in his temple yards. Thank him and praise him as he deserves!
- Exodus 20:24Instead, use earth to make an altar for me. You must offer sacrifices to me on the altar. You may take your sheep, your goats or your cows to make burnt offerings or friendship offerings or other sacrifices to me. Make an altar like this in any place that I choose for you to worship me. In those places, I will come to you and I will bless you.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the place where my people worship me. And I have chosen David to rule Israel, my people, as king.”
Commentaries on Psalms 122:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Our feet shad stand - For seventy years we have been exiled from our own land; our heart was in Jerusalem, but our feet were in Chaldea. Now God has turned our captivity, and our feet shall shortly stand within the gates of Jerusalem. What a transition from misery to happiness! and what a subject for rejoicing!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem - We shall enter the sacred city. It appears now in full view before us - its walls, its palaces, its sacred places. We shall not stand and gaze upon it at a distance; we shall not merely be charmed with its beauty as we approach it; we shall accomplish the object of our desire, and enter within its walls and gates. So the believer approaches heaven - the New Jerusalem above. he will not merely admire its…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Several psalms celebrate or look forward to being inside the gates of the city (Psalms 9:14; 87:2; 100:4; 118:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91-2. Our feet shall stand--literally, "are standing."Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 122
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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