## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 122

###### Rashi on Psalms 122:1:1
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**שָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאוֹמְרִים לִי.** שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁאוֹמְרִים: מָתַי יָמוּת אוֹתוֹ זָקֵן וְיִמְלוֹךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בְּנוֹ וְיִבְנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְנַעֲלֶה לָרֶגֶל? וַאֲנִי שָׂמֵחַ (מכות י.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I rejoiced when they said to me** I heard people saying, “When will that old man die, and his son Solomon reign and build the Temple, and we shall go up on the festival pilgrimages?” And I am happy.


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:2:1
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**עוֹמְדוֹת הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ.** בַּמִּלְחָמָה בְּכָל מָקוֹם בִּשְׁבִיל **שְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם**, שֶׁעוֹסְקִין בָּהֶן בַּתּוֹרָה (מכות י.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Our feet were standing** in battle everywhere because of the gates of Jerusalem, where they were engaged in Torah.


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:3:1
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**יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הַבְּנוּיָה.** כְּשֶׁיִּבְנֶה שְׁלֹמֹה בְּנִי בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בְּתוֹכָהּ, תְּהֵא בְּנוּיָה בִּשְׁכִינָה וּמִקְדָּשׁ וְאָרוֹן וּמִזְבֵּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The built-up Jerusalem** When my son Solomon builds the Temple within it [Jerusalem], it will be built with the Shechinah, the Temple, the Ark, and the altar.


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:3:2
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**כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה לָּהּ.** כְּשִׁילֹה, שֶׁדִּמָּה הַכָּתוּב זוֹ לָזוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יב:ט) ״אֶל הַמְּנוּחָה וְאֶל הַנַּחֲלָה״: מְנוּחָה זוֹ שִׁילֹה, נַחֲלָה זוֹ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (ספרי דברים סו). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (תענית ה.): יֵשׁ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הַבְּנוּיָה בַּשָּׁמַיִם, וַעֲתִידָה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל מַטָּה לִהְיוֹת כְּמוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is like a city that was joined together within itself** Like Shiloh, for Scripture compared them to one another, as it is said (Deut. 12:9): “to the rest and to the inheritance.” The rest is Shiloh. The inheritance is Jerusalem (see Sifrei Re’eh 66). And our Rabbis said (Ta’an. 5a): There is a Jerusalem in heaven, and the Jerusalem on earth is destined to be like it.


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:4:1
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**שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים.** אֲשֶׁר שָׁם, בְּשִׁילֹה, עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים כְּשֶׁעָלוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם, וְנִקְבַּע הַמִּשְׁכָּן בְּתוֹכָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There ascended the tribes** For there in Shiloh the tribes ascended when they went up from Egypt, and the Tabernacle was established in its midst.


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:4:2
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**שִׁבְטֵי יָהּ.** שֶׁהוּא **עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל**. לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ הָאֻמּוֹת מֵלִיזִין אַחֲרֵיהֶם כְּשֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם וְאוֹמְרִים עֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁהֵם מַמְזֵרִים, אִם בְּגוּפָם הָיוּ שׁוֹלְטִין הַמִּצְרִים בִּנְשׁוֹתֵיהֶם לֹא כָּל שֶׁכֵּן. אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: אֲנִי מֵעִיד עֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁהֵם בְּנֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם. הֵטִיל שְׁמוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם: הָרְאוּבֵנִי הַשִּׁמְעוֹנִי (במדבר כו:ז,יד), הוֹסִיף עֲלֵיהֶם אוֹתִיּוֹת הַשֵּׁם אַחַת מִכָּאן וְאַחַת מִכָּאן. נִמְצָא הַשֵּׁם הַזֶּה יָהּ עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the tribes of God** Heb. יָ-הּ, which is testimony to Israel, for the heathens were talking about them when they left Egypt, and they would say about them that they were the offspring of adulterous unions. If the Egyptians ruled over their own bodies, surely [they ruled] over their wives. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, “I attest that they are the sons of their fathers.” He bestowed His name upon them: the Reubenites (הראובני), the Simeonites (השמעוני) (Num. 26). He added the letters of the name, one on this side and one on that side. The result is that this name יָ-הּ is testimony to Israel.


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:5:1
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**כִּי שָׁמָּה יָשְׁבוּ וְגוֹ׳.** כִּי גַם בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם תִּשְׁרֶה הַשְּׁכִינָה, וְיָשְׁבוּ שָׁם **כִּסְאוֹת** לִשְׁפֹּט בָּהֶם אֶת הָאוּמּוֹת (תנחומא, קדושים א), וְ**כִּסְאוֹת** מְלוּכָה **לְבֵית דָּוִד**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For there were set thrones, etc.** For also in Jerusalem the Shechinah will rest, and thrones will sit there upon which to judge the nations, and the royal thrones of the house of David.


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:6:1
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**שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָם.** וְאִמְרוּ לָהּ **יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהֲבָיִךְ**, וִ**יהִי שָׁלוֹם בְּחֵילֵךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Request the welfare of Jerusalem** and say to her, “May those who love you enjoy tranquility, and let there be peace in your wall.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:8:1
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**לְמַעַן.** יִשְׂרָאֵל **אַחַי וְרֵעָי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the sake of** Israel, my brethren and my companions


###### Rashi on Psalms 122:8:2
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**אֲדַבְּרָה נָּא.** אֲנִי, דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ, **שָׁלוֹם בָּךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I shall now speak** I, King David, [shall now speak] of peace in you.