Psalms 122:8
For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
Majority Standard Bible
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 your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
Psalms 119:63I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
Philippians 2:2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
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 →