Psalms 122:2

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 Living Translation (NLT)And now here we are, standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

Context of Psalms 122:2

1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the Lord.” Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem! 3Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together, 4Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the Lord, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

Psalms 122:2 word by word

עֹ֭מְדוֹת הָי֣וּ רַגְלֵ֑ינוּ בִּ֝שְׁעָרַ֗יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Our feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• within thy gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• O Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Psalms 122:2

• Psalms 84:7They go from strength to strength; Each one appears before God in Zion.
• Psalms 87:1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
• Psalms 100:4Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
• Exodus 20:24An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name I will come to you, and I will bless you.
• 2 Chronicles 6:6Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

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

• Jerusalem
• Degrees, Song of
• Hallel
• Psalms
• Degree
• Degrees, Songs of
• Dial of Ahaz
• God
• Hallelujah
• Hezekiah (2)

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