KJV King James Version
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
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Psalm 122:2
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;
ASV American Standard Version
Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Our feet have been standing in thy gates, O Jerusalem!
Surrounding context — Psalm 122
1 A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
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Cross-references
Psalm 84:7They go from strength to strength, [every one of them] in Zion appeareth before God.Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.Psalm 87:1-3A Psalm [or] Song for the sons of Korah. His foundation [is] in the holy mountains.Exodus 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.
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