“This Psalm is a "Song of degrees;" as we have often said to you, for these degrees are not of descent, but of ascent. He therefore longeth to ascend. And whither doth he wish to ascend, save into heaven? What meaneth, into heaven? Doth he wish to ascend that he may be with the sun, moon, and stars? Far be it! But ther…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 122
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1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
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— Psalms 122:1 —
2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: