Good morning! Today we are reading together in Psalm 122. This chapter's title is “Let Us Go to the House of the Lord.” As we read and reflect on this Psalm, I want to encourage you to encourage those around you daily. Find deep joy and gladness in the times of community you get to spend with your Christian brothers and sisters around you.

You have immeasurable intrinsic value, you matter tremendously. Let those around you know that they matter too. Pray for peace; have joy, and find great gladness in your opportunities for community and fellowship with other believers. Praise King Jesus.

Evan

Psalm 122

“1 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the LORD!”
2 Our feet have been standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem—built as a city
that is bound firmly together,
4 to which the tribes go up,
the tribes of the LORD,
as was decreed for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
5 There thrones for judgment were set,
the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
“May they be secure who love you!
7 Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!”
8 For my brothers and companions' sake
I will say, “Peace be within you!”
9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek your good.”

[ WHAT ] is this passage saying and what is a key truth or thought that we learn?

+ What is [vs 1] referencing to when it says ‘house of the Lord’?

+ When this verse says “built as a city that is bound firmly together,” what is it cross-referencing? How is this significant in understanding the Church and God's sovereignty?

+ What example does this group of people talked about set?

+ In light of the example this passage set, how might you change your approach to prayer and exhortation?

[ HOW ] is the Lord calling me to action/obedience?

+ Is there sin to confess or a next step to take? How has it gone since last time?

[ WHO ] am I walking with and praying for to discover Jesus?

+ What is my next step?

ESV Study Notes

Psalm 122. This psalm celebrates Zion as God’s chosen city (compare Psalms 46; 48; 76; 87), and the privilege of going there on a pilgrimage (compare Psalm 84). Not only is “the house of the LORD” there, but so are “the thrones of the house of David.”

Ps. 122:1–2 The song begins by remembering (they said is past tense) the invitation to go to Jerusalem for worship (the house of the LORD). The person has now arrived (our feet have been standing). The anticipation (I was glad) is now to be fulfilled.

Ps. 122:3–5 The singer looks around Jerusalem. Bound firmly together probably compares the physical coziness of the city to the sense of unity the pilgrim expects to find there.

Ps. 122:6–9 In light of what Jerusalem should be, the psalm ends by urging God’s people to seek the conditions that will make that a reality: the peace of Jerusalem.