The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 122:9

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Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. The tabernacle set up by David in Jerusalem is called "the house of the Lord" in Psalms 5:7; Psalms 27:4; Psalms 52:8; and Psalms 55:14. God "dwelt there," as he dwelt in the tabernacle of Moses in the wilderness (Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35) and in the temple of Solomon subsequently (2 Chronicles 5:13, 2 Chronicles 5:14). The good of Jerusalem was to be sought for two reasons:

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