And now here we are, standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;
- KJV Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O 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,
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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 now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
- Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
- Ps 84:7They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
- Exod 20:24You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
- Ps 87:1–3A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.
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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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