Advent · First Sunday in Advent · Year A

Psalm 122

November 30, 2025

The New Jerusalem, Gustave Doré — **The New Jerusalem**, Gustave Doré, 1866La Sainte Bible (Tours, 1866) · public domain

LSB Three-Year Lectionary

GospelMatt. 21:1-11 Alt. GospelMatt. 24:36-44

EpistleRom. 13:(8-10) 11-14

Old TestamentIsa. 2:1-5

PsalterPs. 122

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Commentary

Commentary on Psalm 122 Working Preacher

Reads this Song of Ascents as fitting for the start of a new church year, with the pilgrim's 'let us go to the house of the Lord' echoing Isaiah 2's invitation.

Psalm 122 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on the psalm's pilgrimage joy and prayer for Jerusalem's peace as the Advent 1 psalm response.

Psalm 122 Commentary Enduring Word (David Guzik)

Verse-by-verse commentary on this Song of Ascents, covering the pilgrim's gladness at going to the house of the Lord and the prayer for Jerusalem's peace.

Background & Word Study

Psalms 122:1-9 Sefaria

Hebrew/English text of the Song of Ascents with linked rabbinic and Talmudic commentary on the pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 122 - Catena Catena Bible

Patristic comments on the Song of Ascents' joy at going up to the house of the Lord and its prayer for Jerusalem's peace.

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