Psalms 122:6
The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
In Context
5The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.
7The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.
Cross References
Genesis 12:3I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindred of the earth be blessed:
1 Samuel 12:23And far from me be this sin against the Lord, that I should cease to pray for you, and I will teach you the good and right way.
Nehemiah 11:2And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.
Psalms 51:18For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
Isaiah 62:7And give him no silence till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Jeremiah 29:7And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 122:2-6
The Pleasures of Public Worship. 1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord . 2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord , unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord . 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Here we have, I. The pleasure which David and other pious Israelites took in approaching to and… Read the whole commentary →