Psalms 122:9
For the sake of the house of LORD our God I will seek thy good.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
In Context
8For my brothers and companions' sakes I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
Nehemiah 13:14Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances of it.
Psalms 26:8LORD, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells.
Psalms 84:1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms 102:13Thou will arise, and have mercy upon Zion, for it is time to have pity upon her, yea, the set time has come.
John 2:17And his disciples remembered that it is written, Zeal for thy house will consume me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 122:7-9
Prayer for the Church. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. Here, I. David calls upon others to wish well to Jerusalem, v. 6, 7 . Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for the welfare of it, for all good to it, particularly for the uniting of the inhabitants among themselves and… Read the whole commentary →