Psalms 122:5
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Psalms 122:5 in other translations
| BSB | For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David. |
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| WEB | For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house. |
| ASV | For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. |
| YLT | For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David. |
| DARBY | For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David. |
| BBE | For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David. |
| Webster | For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. |
What does Psalms 122:5 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 122:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 122:5
- Deuteronomy 17:8
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;
- 2 Chronicles 19:8
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
- Deuteronomy 17:18
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
- 2 Chronicles 11:22
And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
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Context
- 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 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Psalms 122:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque allá están las sillas del juicio, las sillas de la casa de David. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car là sont placés les trônes de jugement, les trônes de la maison de David. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn daselbst stehen die Throne zum Gericht, die Throne des Hauses Davids. |