Chapter commentary
Psalms Chapter 122
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Ps 122:1-9.
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Ps 122:1-9.
This Psalm might well express the sacred joy of the pilgrims on entering the holy city, where praise, as the religious as well as civil metropolis, is celebrated, and for whose prosperity, as representing the Church, prayer is offered.
1, 2. Our feet shall stand--literally, "are standing."
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2. 門——（參
詩 9:14; 87:2）。
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2. gates--(Compare
Ps 9:14; 87:2).
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3-5. 連絡整齊——各部分相連，正如大衛時期一樣。
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3-5. compact together--all parts united, as in David's time.
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4. 法度——若補上「向」，此可指約櫃
（Ex 25:10-21）； 否則所指的是前往的行動，稱為作見證，是暗指所定的條例
（De 16:16），
而此行動乃是對條例的遵行。
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4. testimony--If "unto" is supplied, this may denote the ark
(Ex 25:10-21);
otherwise the act of going is denoted, called a testimony in allusion to the requisition
(De 16:16),
with which it was a compliance.
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5. 在那裏設立審判的寶座——或作「有寶座坐著」，用以指坐在其上的人，即大衛的眾子
（2Sa 8:18）。
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5. there are set thrones--or, "do sit, thrones," used for the occupants, David's sons
(2Sa 8:18).
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6, 7. 願平安——包括繁榮，在各處都盛行。
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6, 7. Let peace--including prosperity, everywhere prevail.
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8, 9. 在城的福祉中，連帶著以色列的福祉，無論是民事、尤其是宗教關係上。
如今——如
Ps 115:2。
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8, 9. In the welfare of the city, as its civil, and especially the religious relations, was involved that of Israel.
now--as in
Ps 115:2.
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9. 讓我說——神的……家——更廣的意義上，指教會，其福祉將因耶路撒冷的興盛而促進。
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9. Let me say--house of . . . God--in wider sense, the Church, whose welfare would be promoted by the good of Jerusalem.
Ps 122:1-9.
本篇正可表達朝聖者進入聖城時神聖的喜樂——這城是宗教與民政的中心，在此頌揚讚美，並為代表教會的這城之興盛獻上禱告。
1, 2. 我們的腳站立——字面作「正站立著」。