Psalms 122:1

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“I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.””

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BSBPD

“I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A Song of the Ascents, by David. I have rejoiced in those saying to me, `To the house of Jehovah we go.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 122:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
  2. Psalms 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
  3. Psalms 55:14We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
  4. Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
  5. Psalms 84:1How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
  6. Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
  7. Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
  8. Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
  9. Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
  10. Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
  11. Psalms 124:1If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
  12. Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
  13. Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
  14. Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
  15. Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
  16. Psalms 129:1Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
  17. Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
  18. Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
  19. Psalms 132:1O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
  20. Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
  21. Psalms 134:1Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
  22. Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  23. Jeremiah 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
  24. Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

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