Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
In Context
5For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
7Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
Cross References
Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
1 Samuel 12:23Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
Nehemiah 11:2The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.
Psalms 51:18Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 62:7and give him no rest until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise on the earth.
Jeremiah 29:7Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the LORD for it; for in its peace you will have 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 →