Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;
- BSB Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
- NKJV Our feet have been standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
- NASB Our feet are standing Within your gates, Jerusalem,
- NLT And now here we are, standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
The pilgrims' feet now stand within Jerusalem's gates. Arriving at the place of worship brings a settled joy.
Overview
Having longed to come, the psalmist marvels that their feet now stand inside the gates of Jerusalem. The journey of the pilgrim has reached its goal, the city of God. For believers, this pictures arrival in God's presence, ultimately the heavenly Jerusalem to which Christ brings His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 2 Chr 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
- Ps 84:7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
- Exod 20:24An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
- Ps 87:1–3His foundation is in the holy mountains.
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Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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