This article is about Psalm 122 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 122 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 123.
Psalm 122
"I was glad"
Verses 2 and 3 engraved in Hebrew and English on a rock in Tzahal Square, outside the Walls of Jerusalem
Other name
Psalm 121 (Vulgate)
"Laetatus sum"
Language
Hebrew (original)
Psalm 122 is the 122nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I was glad" and in Latin entitled Laetatus sum. It is attributed to King David and one of the fifteen psalms described as A song of ascents (Shir Hama'alot). Its title, I was glad, is reflected in a number of choral introits by various composers.
In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 121.
Psalm122 is the 122nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I was glad" and in Latin entitled Laetatus sum. It...
this Psalm for the third office during the week, specifically from Tuesday until Saturday between Psalm 120 (119) and Psalm122 (121). Allocating Psalm 119...
"the Psalm of the eyes". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm122. It forms...
metaphors for mothers. The introit for the day is from Isaiah 66:10–11 and Psalm122:1, using imagery of the New Jerusalem: Rejoice ye with Jerusalem; and...
three verses. The longest is Psalm 132 (18 verses). A chiastic structure is seen by many in these Psalms with Psalm 127 a Psalm of Solomon as center. Preceded...
incipit: Laetatus sum) is an English text drawn from selected verses of Psalm122. It has been used at Westminster Abbey in the coronation ceremonies of...
(I Kings 5:12), and in prayer for the wellbeing of cities or nations (Psalm122:6, Jeremiah 29:7). The meaning of completeness, central to the term shalom...
Psalm 91 is the 91st psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High...
Saturday, followed by Psalm 121 (120) and Psalm122 (121) and after the offices of the Sunday and Monday were occupied with Psalm 119, which is the longest...
in third parallels. The third psalm is Psalm122, beginning Laetatus sum (literally: 'I was glad'), a pilgrimage psalm. The music begins with a walking...
Psalm 119 is the 119th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk...
choir to the stage, as the choirs sang I was glad, an imperial setting of Psalm122, vv. 1–3, 6, and 7 by Sir Hubert Parry. As Elizabeth prayed at and then...
first Sunday in October, is inspired by the call to pray for Jerusalem in Psalm122:6, which reads "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that...
Psalms, is "Built-up Jerusalem is like a city that was joined together" (Psalm122:3). In 1977, the government advanced the date of Jerusalem Day by a week...
Wilderness (March 2010). Goodall arranged an orchestral and choir score for Psalm122 for Tonbridge School to commemorate their chapel which burnt down in the...
commissioned for the occasion famously included Hubert Parry's setting of Psalm122, I was glad which skillfully incorporated the traditional acclamation...
"dwell", also means "sit down" (as in Exodus 17:12, I Kings 2:12, and Psalm122:5).[citation needed] Verse 7 (ז): It has been noticed that, while the...
been identified in the Psalm, akin to other early strata such as the Song of the Sea, befitting an early pre-exilic context.: 121–122 Cross opines that generations...
The king's entrance was accompanied by the anthem I was glad, based on Psalm122, a text that had been first used at the coronation of Charles I in 1626...
in 2002 to compose a work for choir and organ based upon the text of Psalm122. He was thereafter commissioned by the National Arts Centre to write a...
and other dignitaries. For the entrance of the monarch, an anthem from Psalm122, I was glad, is sung. The sovereign enters Westminster Abbey wearing the...
the aisle to the anthem "I was glad", written by Sir Hubert Parry, from Psalm122. It was composed for the crowning of Prince William's great-great-great-grandfather...