Text -- Psalms 122:7-9 (NET)

122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! 122:8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, “May there be peace in you!” 122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 122:7

¹ tn or “security.”

² tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.

NET Notes: Psa 122:9

¹ tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.