
Chapter 122
A song of ascents of David. I believe that the ascents are read as one ascends the stairs to the temple...even to this day. There are 15 Psalms titled ascents. There are many ideas as to what it means. Some say it means they were sung in ascending notes, from low pitch to high. So who knows.
Verse 1 is "I was glad when they said unto me..."
So a Psalm of anticipation.
Then a praise for Jerusalem itself. Then vs 6-9:
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they be secure who love you! 7 Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!" 8 For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!" 9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. [Psa 122:6-9 ESV]
I like it better in KJV but the thought is the same.
2021 - I hadn't realized that the first verses of these two songs of ascent were so well known. "I lift up mine eyes to the hills..." and "I was glad when they said unto me...". And then to top it all off you get 6-9, as quoted above.