--- title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5" author: "John Calvin" translator: "James Anderson" languages: [en] shelf: "Commentaries" section: 140 of 159 url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/140/ cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 140. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/140/" --- # Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5 *John Calvin, tr. James Anderson* Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5. ## 140. Psalm 122 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/140/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/140/#p-N [¶0] A Song of Degrees Of David [¶1] 1 I was glad when they said to me, “Into the house of Jehovah we will go. [¶2] 2 “Our feet shall be standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!” [¶3] 3 Jerusalem built as a city, compact in itself together. [¶4] 4 Thither ascended the tribes, the tribes of God, For a testimony to Israel, To celebrate the name of Jehovah. [¶5] 5 For there have sat thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. [¶6] 6 Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem: Prosper may those who love thee! [¶7] 7 Peace be within thy bulwark! Prosperity within thy towers! [¶8] 8 For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I will say now, “Peace [be] within thee!“ [¶9] 9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I will seek good for thee. ### Psalm 123 [¶11] A Song of Degrees [¶12] 1 To thee will I lift up mine eyes, [O thou] who dwellest in the heavens! [¶13] 2 Behold! as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters; As the eyes of a handmaid look to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes [look] to Jehovah our God, Until he have mercy upon us. [¶14] 3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah! have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with reproach. [¶15] 4 Exceedingly filled in itself is our soul With the mockery of the rich, With the contempt of the proud.