Psalms 122:7
Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
In Context
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you.
8For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:18Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Yours are we, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto you, and peace be to yours helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
Psalms 48:13Mark all of you well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that all of you may tell it to the generation following.
Isaiah 54:13And all your children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children.
James 3:18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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 →