Psalms 122:8
For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace [be] in thee.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
In Context
7Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places,
9For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!
Cross References
Psalms 16:3For the holy ones who [are] in the land, And the honourable, all my delight [is] in them.
Psalms 119:63A companion I [am] to all who fear Thee, And to those keeping Thy precepts.
Philippians 2:2fulfil ye my joy, that ye may mind the same thing — having the same love — of one soul — minding the one thing,
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 →