Our feet shall stand; rather, stand, or are standing. The pilgrim-band has entered the city, and is on its way to God's house. Within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem has its "walls" (Psalms 122:7) and its "gates" set up, which suits the time of David, not that of Ezra or Zerubbabel.
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Psalms 122:2
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