Psalms 122:9
For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
In Context
8For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, 'Peace [be] in thee.'
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:3'And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have — a peculiar treasure of gold and silver — I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:
Nehemiah 13:14Be mindful of me, O my God, for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, for the house of my God, and for its charges.
Psalms 26:8Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.
Psalms 84:1To the Overseer. — 'On the Gittith By sons of Korah.' — A Psalm. How beloved Thy tabernacles, Jehovah of Hosts!
Psalms 102:13Thou — Thou risest — Thou pitiest Zion, For the time to favour her, For the appointed time hath come.
John 2:17And his disciples remembered that it is written, 'The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'
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 →