Psalms 122:8
For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
In Context
7Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
Psalms 119:63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
Philippians 2:2make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
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 →