Joyful Worship and Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem. Psalm 122 is a joyful song of ascent celebrating the privilege
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Jesus Christ.
John 1:17
Sandor Viczian
Joyful Worship and Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem.
Psalm 122 is a joyful song of ascent celebrating the privilege of going to Jerusalem to worship, where God’s people gather in unity before the LORD. The psalmist rejoices not only in the destination but in what it represents: ordered worship, shared identity, and righteous judgment anchored in God’s covenant. It calls the faithful to pray for the peace of Jerusalem—not as a shallow wish for quiet, but as a desire for God-given wholeness, stability, and well-being among His people. The chapter also teaches that love for God’s house must become intercession and practical concern for the community of faith. Its aim is to form a worshiping heart that seeks God’s presence and pursues peace for the sake of brethren and the LORD’s house.
Psalms 122:1 – 122:9
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.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls, [and] prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…
In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;
In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;
That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.
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