English Standard Version
Psalms 122:7
7Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!"
Psalms 122:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
- New International Version (NIV)May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls and prosperity in your palaces.
Context of Psalms 122:7
5There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they be secure who love you! Peace be within your walls and security within your towers!" 8For my brothers and companions' sake I will say, "Peace be within you!" 9For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
Read all of Psalms 122Psalms 122:7 word by word
יְהִֽי־שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 122:7
- 1 Chronicles 12:18Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, and with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your God helps you." Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.
- Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
- Isaiah 54:13All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
- James 3:18And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
- Psalms 48:3Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.
Commentaries on Psalms 122:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Peace be within thy walls - This is the form of prayer that they are to use: "May prosperity ever reside within thy walls, on all the people that dwell there; and tranquillity within thy palaces or high places, among the rulers and governors of the people."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Peace be within thy walls - The word here rendered walls, means properly an host, an army; then a fortification, an entrenchment, especially the ditch or trench with the low wall or breastwork which surrounds it. Gesenius, Lexicon. It refers here to the fortifications or defenses around Jerusalem. And prosperity - Peace; the same word which is used in the previous verse, and expressing the same idea - that of tranquility. Within thy palaces - This word…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Those who can do nothing else for the peace of Jerusalem, may pray for it. Let us consider all who seek the glory of the Redeemer, as our brethren and fellow-travellers, without regarding differences which do not affect our eternal welfare. Blessed Spirit of peace and love, who didst dwell in the soul of the holy Jesus, descend into his church, and fill those who compose it with his heavenly tempers; cause bitter contentions to cease, and make…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9Prayers for the peace of Jerusalem are motivated by love of family and God’s sanctuary.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. Let peace--including prosperity, everywhere prevail.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 122
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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