Salmos 122:1-8

1 Yo me alegré cuando me dijeron: Vamos a la casa del SEÑOR.

2 Plantados están nuestros pies dentro de tus puertas, oh Jerusalén.

3 Jerusalén, que está edificada como ciudad compacta, bien unida,

4 a la cual suben las tribus, las tribus del SEÑOR, (lo cual es ordenanza para Israel) para alabar el nombre del SEÑOR.

5 Porque allí se establecieron tronos para juicio, los tronos de la casa de David.

6 Orad por la paz de Jerusalén: Sean prosperados los que te aman.

7 Haya paz dentro de tus muros, y prosperidad en tus palacios.

8 Por amor de mis hermanos y de mis amigos diré ahora: Sea la paz en ti.

Salmos 122:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 122

\\<>\\. This is the first of the songs of degrees that bears the name of David: and Kimchi thinks they only were written by him which have his name to them; though he, Abendana, and others, are of opinion that this psalm was composed with a view to the captives in Babylon; who are here represented, and are represented as rejoicing at their going up to Jerusalem, to the solemn feasts there. The inscription in the Syriac version is, ``a "psalm" of David, one of the psalms of ascent, when Cyrus commanded the captivity to go up; spiritually, a promise of good things.'' It seems to be designed for the use of the Israelites, and to be sung by them when they went up to the feasts, three times a year. Some say {a} they sung this by the way, when they carried the firstfruits to Jerusalem. {a} Weemse's Christ. Synagog. l. 1. c. 6. s. 4. p. 144.