Psalm 122:1

A Prayer For Jerusalem

¹ I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
²
Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem,

House of the Lord

Let Us

To the Lord

David

Jehovah

Isaiah 2:3

And many peoples shall come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house (temple) of the God of Jacob;
That He may teach us His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law will go out from Zion
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Micah 4:2

And many nations shall come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
To the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For the law shall go forward from Zion,
And the word of the Lord [the revelation about Him and His truth] from Jerusalem.

Psalm 42:4

These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.

Psalm 120:1

In my trouble I cried to the Lord,
And He answered me.

Psalm 55:14

We who had sweet fellowship together,
Who walked to the house of God in company.

Psalm 63:1-3

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Psalm 84:1-2

How lovely are Your dwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!

Psalm 84:10

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my God
Than to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 119:111

I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever,
For they are the joy of my heart.

Psalm 121:1

I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]—
From where shall my help come?

Psalm 123:1

Unto you I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Psalm 124:1

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say,

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation]
Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem),
We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.

Psalm 128:1

Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience],
Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.

Psalm 129:1

“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,”
Let Israel now say,

Psalm 130:1

Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.

Psalm 131:1

Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;
Nor do I involve myself in great matters,
Or in things too difficult for me.

Psalm 132:1

O Lord, remember on David’s behalf
All his hardship and affliction;

Psalm 133:1

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!

Psalm 134:1

Behold, bless and praise the Lord, all servants of the Lord (priests, Levites),
Who stand and serve by night in the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:6

“For there will be a day when the watchmen
On the hills of Ephraim cry out,
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
To the Lord our God.’”

Jeremiah 50:4-5

“In those days and at that time,” says the Lord, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will come up weeping [in repentance] as they come and seek the Lord their God [inquiring for and of Him].

Zechariah 8:21-23

The inhabitants of one [city] will go to another, saying, “Let us go at once to ask the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts. I will go also.”