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Psalm 122:2

ESV Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
NIV Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.
NASB Our feet are standing Within your gates, Jerusalem,
CSB Our feet were standing within your gates, Jerusalem —
NLT And now here we are, standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
KJV Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
NKJV Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem!

What does Psalm 122:2 mean?

These songs of "ascents" (Psalm 120—134) have been used along the journey to Jerusalem by those arriving for various feast days (Deuteronomy 16:16). In this psalm, the psalmist—probably David—is excited to go to the temple for worship (Psalm 122:1). This would be the expected attitude of a man "after God's own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14).

Other psalms also encourage a lifestyle of enthusiastic praise to the Lord (Psalm 61:8; 97:11–12; 100:2, 4). The rest of this song honors Jerusalem as the place where God established the center of His chosen nation (Psalm 122:3–5).
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