Psalm 122
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Psalms 122— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
Rashi on Psalms 122:1
I rejoiced when they said to me I heard people saying, “When will that old man die, and his son Solomon reign and build the Temple, and we shall go up on the festival pilgrimages?” And I am happy.
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Aramaic Targum to Psalms 122:1
The song that is said on the ascents from the abyss. I rejoiced when they were saying to me, "To the Holy Temple of Adonai let us go!"
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2Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
Rashi on Psalms 122:2
Our feet were standing in battle everywhere because of the gates of Jerusalem, where they were engaged in Torah.
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3Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
Rashi on Psalms 122:3
The built-up Jerusalem When my son Solomon builds the Temple within it [Jerusalem], it will be built with the Shechinah, the Temple, the Ark, and the altar.
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4where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Rashi on Psalms 122:4
There ascended the tribes For there in Shiloh the tribes ascended when they went up from Egypt, and the Tabernacle was established in its midst.
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5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
Rashi on Psalms 122:5
For there were set thrones, etc. For also in Jerusalem the Shechinah will rest, and thrones will sit there upon which to judge the nations, and the royal thrones of the house of David.
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6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
Rashi on Psalms 122:6
Request the welfare of Jerusalem and say to her, “May those who love you enjoy tranquility, and let there be peace in your wall.”
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7May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
8For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.