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Psalm 122:1
A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!”
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The words “Let’s go to the LORD’s house!” carry the gladness of worship shared with others, even before the worshipers arrive in Jerusalem.
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Psalm 84:10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.Both psalms express delight in God’s house: one welcomes going there, while the other values a day there above a thousand elsewhere.
Micah 4:2Many nations will go and say, “Come! Let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we …Both passages include people urging one another to go to the LORD’s house.
Psalm 133:1A Song of Ascents. By David. See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!Both Songs of Ascents express pleasure in shared life: going to worship together and brothers living together in unity.
Isaiah 2:3Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will …Both passages speak of going to the LORD’s house together, with Jerusalem named as the destination or source of his word.
Psalm 127:1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it …Both mention a house and the LORD, though Psalm 127 concerns dependence on his work rather than gladness about worship.
Psalm 84:1–2For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. How lovely are your dwellings, LORD of Armies!Both psalms express affection for the LORD’s dwelling, through gladness at going there and praise for its loveliness.
Isaiah 58:13“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of the LORD honorable, and …Both connect delight with what belongs to the LORD: his house in the psalm and his holy day in Isaiah.
Zechariah 8:21–23The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of Armies. I will go also.’Both passages describe people encouraging others to go with them toward worship and seeking the LORD.
Jeremiah 31:6For there will be a day that the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim cry, ‘Arise! Let’s go up to Zion to the LORD our God.’”Both passages include a spoken summons to go together to the LORD, with Jerusalem or Zion as the destination.
Jeremiah 50:4–5“In those days, and in that time,” says the LORD, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way …Both describe people going together toward the LORD, though the psalm expresses gladness and Jeremiah describes weeping.
Ezra 6:16The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.Both connect joy with God’s house, whether anticipating going there or celebrating its dedication.
2 Samuel 15:25The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation;The LORD’s house brings gladness in the psalm, while the king hopes for favor to see God’s habitation again.
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David’s gladness begins with hearing where others want to go. There is joy in the prospect of going together to YHWH’s house.
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