Psalms 122:3
1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
2 Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
4 where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
- KJV
- Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
- WEB
- Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together,
- ASV
- Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together;
- DARBY
- Jerusalem, which art built as a city that is compact together,
- BLB
- Jerusalem is built up as a city joined to itself together;
- ÅB
- Jerusalem, du velbyggede, lik en by som er tett sammenføyet,
- OTB
- Jerusalem, som er bygd
Som en by som er tett sammenføyd; - B1930
- Jerusalem, du velbyggede, lik en by som er tett sammenføiet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 5:9
So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward.
Read in contextEphesians 2:20–21
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
Read in contextNehemiah 4:6
So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Read in contextEphesians 4:4–7
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
Read in contextPsalms 147:2
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
Read in contextRevelation 21:10–27
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Read in context