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Psalm 122:4–5

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122:4The tribes go up5 there,6

the tribes of the Lord,

where it is required that Israel

give thanks to the name of the Lord.7

122:5Indeed,8 the leaders sit9 there on thrones and make legal decisions,

on the thrones of the house of David.10

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Or “went up.”
  2. 6 Heb “which is where the tribes go up.”
  3. 7 Heb “[it is] a statute for Israel to give thanks to the name of the Lord.”
  4. 8 Or “for.”
  5. 9 Or “sat.”
  6. 10 Heb “Indeed, there they sit [on] thrones for judgment, [on] thrones [belonging] to the house of David.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

to which the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord,

as was decreed for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

There thrones for judgment were set,

the thrones of the house of David.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

That is where the tribes go up—

the tribes of the Lord—

to praise the name of the Lord

according to the statute given to Israel.

There stand the thrones for judgment,

the thrones of the house of David.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

where the tribes, the Lord’s tribes, go up

to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

There, thrones for judgment are placed,

thrones of the house of David.

NLTNew Living Translation

All the tribes of Israel—the Lord’s people—

make their pilgrimage here.

They come to give thanks to the name of the Lord,

as the law requires of Israel.

Here stand the thrones where judgment is given,

the thrones of the dynasty of David.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

where the tribes go up,

the tribes of Yah as a testimony for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

For there the thrones sit for judgment,

thrones of David’s house.

KJV 1900King James Version

Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord,

Unto the testimony of Israel,

To give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

For there are set thrones of judgment,

The thrones of the house of David.