Psalms 122:8
For the sake of my brethren and my friends, let me now speak, Peace be within thee.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
In Context
7May there be peace within thy walls, prosperity within thy palaces,
9For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, will I seek thy good.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3[But] in the saints who are on the earth, and in the excellent—in them is all my delight.
Psalms 119:63An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep 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 →