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Psalms 122:9 King James Version (KJV)

9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.


Psalms 122:9 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

9 Because of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 I will seek H1245 thy good. H2896


Psalms 122:9 American Standard (ASV)

9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good. Psalm 123 A Song of Ascents.


Psalms 122:9 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!


Psalms 122:9 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

9 Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.


Psalms 122:9 World English Bible (WEB)

9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.


Psalms 122:9 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

9 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.

Cross Reference

Psalms 84:1-2 KJV

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Psalms 102:13-14 KJV

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

Psalms 137:5-6 KJV

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Commentary on Psalms 122 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 122

Ps 122:1-9. This Psalm might well express the sacred joy of the pilgrims on entering the holy city, where praise, as the religious as well as civil metropolis, is celebrated, and for whose prosperity, as representing the Church, prayer is offered.

1, 2. Our feet shall stand—literally, "are standing."

2. gates—(Compare Ps 9:14; 87:2).

3-5. compact together—all parts united, as in David's time.

4. testimony—If "unto" is supplied, this may denote the ark (Ex 25:10-21); otherwise the act of going is denoted, called a testimony in allusion to the requisition (De 16:16), with which it was a compliance.

5. there are set thrones—or, "do sit, thrones," used for the occupants, David's sons (2Sa 8:18).

6, 7. Let peace—including prosperity, everywhere prevail.

8, 9. In the welfare of the city, as its civil, and especially the religious relations, was involved that of Israel.

now—as in Ps 115:2.

9. Let me say—house of … God—in wider sense, the Church, whose welfare would be promoted by the good of Jerusalem.