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We are continuing our series of reflections on the Psalms. Each day we will upload a new reflection to the website. We hope and pray that you will find them helpful and that they bring hope during this season. Click on these buttons to read the text of the psalm or listen to a recording of it. You can also listen to the reflection using the audio player below. Read Psalm 122  Listen to Psalm 122 Jerusalem was and is still today the delight of the Jewish people. After Psalm 120, where the writer is downhearted at living far away from the city (verses 5-6), and Psalm 121 (verse 1), where the reference to hills is undoubtedly talking about Jerusalem, there is the joy of arrival at the city gates where the Lord’s presence is in his temple. Jerusalem is a place of security and protection, where the people could go to worship God together. In these difficult days with Covid, even when a few people meet on Sundays without being able to sing, we should still be able to worship with our hearts. Verses 6-9 urges us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and to seek for her prosperity. How often do we pray for the Jewish nation and for their prosperity? Numbers 24:9 says, “May those who bless you, be blessed and those who curse you be cursed.” The Lord’s heart is toward Jerusalem; if we want to love what he loves then we will also love Israel. “Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion’” (Zechariah 1:14). We may from time to time have reservations about Israeli government decisions but we should, nevertheless, pray regularly for God’s chosen people and we too will be blessed. Lord, thank you for the nation of Israel. We bless them in your name and pray that they will all come to know Jesus as their Messiah.