Psalms 122:8
For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say: 'Peace be within thee.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
In Context
7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
Psalms 119:63I am a companion of all them that fear Thee, and of them that observe Thy precepts.
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 →