A Song of Ascents; of David.
I was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
Our feet {Or, have stood}are standing
Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, that art builded
As a city that is compact together;
Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah,
For {Hebrew: a testimony.}an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
For there {Or, were}are set thrones for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
{Or, Salute ye Jerusalem}Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
{Or, May they}They shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls,
And prosperity within thy palaces.
For my brethren and companions' sakes,
I will now {Or, speak peace concerning thee}say, Peace be within thee.
For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God
I will seek thy good.
Querverweise zu Psalm 122,9 Ps 122,9
Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house,And the place {Hebrew: of the tabernacle of thy glory.}where thy glory dwelleth.
Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion;For it is time to have pity upon her,Yea, the set time is come.
For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up;And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,And have pity upon her dust.
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.How {Or, lovely}amiable are thy tabernacles,O Jehovah of hosts!
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,Let my right hand forget her skill.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;My heart and my flesh {Or, sing for joy}cry out unto the living God.
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,If I remember thee not;If I prefer not JerusalemAbove my chief joy.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.I had rather {Or, stand at the threshold of &c.}be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.
His disciples remembered that it was written, {Psalm 69:9.}Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.