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A Joyful Invitation
Commentators universally highlight that the psalmist's gladness is a model for believers. The invitation to go to God's house isn't a burden but a welcome call that meets a heart's desire. This verse encourages a joyful anticipation for corporate worship, seeing it as a privilege and a source of deep happiness, not a mere duty.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 122:1
18th Century
Theologian
I was glad - It was a subject of joy to me. The return of the happy season when we were to go up to worship filled me with joy. The language…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 122:1
19th Century
Bishop
Let us go. — Or, we will go. This verse is inscribed over the portico of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 122:1
19th Century
Preacher
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
I was glad for their sake, glad to think they were so will…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 122:1
16th Century
Theologian
I was glad when they said to me. God had often told Moses that His sanctuary would one day have a certain and fixed place of abode; yet fr…
John Gill
On Psalms 122:1
17th Century
Pastor
I was glad when they said to me
Or, "I rejoiced in", or "because of, those that said to me" F2 ; or, "in …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 122:1–5
17th Century
Minister
The pleasure and profit from means of grace, should make us disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should encourage one another to …