This psalm begins with joy at the invitation to go to the house of the LORD and with the glad realization that the pilgrims now stand inside Jerusalem's gates. From there it praises the city as the place where the tribes gather and justice is seated, then turns into a prayer that Jerusalem's peace would flourish within its walls for the sake of kinship, friendship, and the house of the LORD.
Within the Songs of Ascents, Psalm 122 moves from the journey's strain and protection into arrival and shared worship. It fits Book V by showing Jerusalem not merely as a destination on a map, but as the place where praise, covenant identity, ordered public life, and intercession for communal peace meet.
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A1 song of ascents. Of David. 2Our feet are standing in your gates, 3Jerusalem is built up 4where the tribes go up, 5For there the thrones of judgment stand, 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 7May there be peace within your walls, 8For the sake of my brothers and friends, 9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
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