Psalm 122:1-9 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.… Why glad? 1. That you have a house of the Lord to which you may go. David's zeal for God's house. The incident with Araunah. Removal of the ark to Jerusalem. His reasoning about a house for God. His large liberality toward building the Temple. That which costs us nothing we do not prize. When our money and labour and brain and heart go into God's house, we are "glad when," etc. 2. That any feel enough interest in me to say, "Let us go," etc. 3. That I am able to go to God's house. That my Sabbaths are my own. Sabbath and government and capital — the right of the working-man. That I have bodily health. That I have mental health. Able to-day, may not be to-morrow. 4. That I am disposed to go. "Where there's a will there's a way." Many excuses, but true of the mass of non-church-goers, that they have not the will. (J. G. Butler.) Parallel Verses KJV: {A Song of degrees of David.} I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.WEB: I was glad when they said to me, "Let's go to Yahweh's house!" |
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