Psa 9:14, 122:2 | JFB | STEP | 14. gates ... Zion-- The enclosure of the city (compare ; ), or, church, as denoted by this phrase contrasted with that of death, carries out the idea of exaltation as well as deliverance. Signal favors should lead us to render signal and public thanks.

‏ Psalms 9:14

14. gates ... Zion--The enclosure of the city (compare Psa 48:12; Is 23:12), or, church, as denoted by this phrase contrasted with that of death, carries out the idea of exaltation as well as deliverance. Signal favors should lead us to render signal and public thanks.

‏ Psalms 122:2

PSALM 122

Psa 122:1-9. This Psalm might well express the sacred joy of the pilgrims on entering the holy city, where praise, as the religious as well as civil metropolis, is celebrated, and for whose prosperity, as representing the Church, prayer is offered.

1-2. Our feet shall stand--literally, "are standing."