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Psalm 122:1-3
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Psalm 122[a]

A Pilgrim’s Prayer for Jerusalem

1 A song of ascents. Of David.

I

I rejoiced when they said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”(A)
2 And now our feet are standing
    within your gates, Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem, built as a city,
    walled round about.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 122 A song of Zion, sung by pilgrims obeying the law to visit Jerusalem three times on a journey. The singer anticipates joining the procession into the city (Ps 122:1–3). Jerusalem is a place of encounter, where the people praise God (Ps 122:4) and hear the divine justice mediated by the king (Ps 122:5). The very buildings bespeak God’s power (cf. Ps 48:13–15). May the grace of this place transform the people’s lives (Ps 122:6–9)!
  2. 122:3 Walled round about: lit., “which is joined to it,” probably referring both to the density of the buildings and to the dense population.
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