Psalm 122:2
ESV
Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!
NIV
Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem.
NASB
Our feet are standing Within your gates, Jerusalem,
CSB
Our feet were standing within your gates, Jerusalem —
NLT
And now here we are, standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
KJV
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
NKJV
Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
What does Psalm 122:2 mean?
These songs of "ascents" (Psalm 120—134) have been used along the journey to Jerusalem by those arriving for various feast days (Deuteronomy 16:16). In this psalm, the psalmist—probably David—is excited to go to the temple for worship (Psalm 122:1). This would be the expected attitude of a man "after God's own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14).Other psalms also encourage a lifestyle of enthusiastic praise to the Lord (Psalm 61:8; 97:11–12; 100:2, 4). The rest of this song honors Jerusalem as the place where God established the center of His chosen nation (Psalm 122:3–5).
