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Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact together;
Psalms 122:3 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
  • BSB Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,
  • NKJV Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together,
  • NASB Jerusalem, that has been built As a city that is firmly joined together;
  • NLT Jerusalem is a well-built city; its seamless walls cannot be breached.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 6

  • 2 Sam 5:9David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
  • Eph 2:20–21being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
  • Neh 4:6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.
  • Eph 4:4–7There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
  • Ps 147:2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
  • Rev 21:10–27He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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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.

How Psalms 122:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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