Psalms 122:8
For my brothers' and companions' sakes,I will now say, "Peace be within you."
New Heart 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 holy ones who are in the land,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 →