122:6 Pray 1 for the peace of Jerusalem!
May those who love her prosper! 2
122:7 May there be peace inside your defenses,
and prosperity 3 inside your fortresses! 4
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. 5
1 tn Heb “ask [for].”
2 tn Or “be secure.”
3 tn or “security.”
4 tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.
5 tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.