Psalms 122:4
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
Psalms 122:4 in other translations
| BSB | where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. |
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| WEB | where the tribes go up, even the LORD’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the LORD’s name. |
| ASV | Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, For an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah. |
| YLT | For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah. |
| DARBY | Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah. |
| BBE | To which the tribes went up, even the tribes of the Lord, for a witness to Israel, to give praise to the name of the Lord. |
| Webster | Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. |
What does Psalms 122:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 122:3-5
3-5. compact together--all parts united, as in David's time.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 122:1-5
The pleasure and profit from means of grace, should make us disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should quicken one another to what is good. We should desire our Christian friends, when they have any good work in hand, to call for us, and take us with them. With what readiness should we think of the heavenly Jerusalem! How cheerfully should we bear the cross and welcome death, in hopes of a crown…
Psalms 122:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 122:4
- Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:
- Psalms 66:13-16
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
- Exodus 23:17
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
- Exodus 34:23-24
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
- Psalms 107:1-3
O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
- Psalms 132:13
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Psalms 118:19
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord:
- Exodus 32:15
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
- Psalms 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- Deuteronomy 12:5
But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
- Exodus 26:33-34
And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
- Exodus 16:34
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
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Context
- Psalms 122:3
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
- Psalms 122:4
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
- Psalms 122:5
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Psalms 122:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y allá subieron las tribus, las tribus de JAH, conforme al testimonio dado á Israel, para alabar el nombre de Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est là que montent les tribus, les tribus de Jah, un témoignage à Israël, pour célébrer le nom de l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | wohin die Stämme hinaufziehen, die Stämme Jahs, ein Zeugnis für Israel, zu preisen den Namen Jehovas! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quia multum repleta est anima nostra opprobrium abundantibus, et despectio superbis. |