Psalms 122:6-9

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 

[122:6]  ¹ tn Heb “ask [for].”

[122:6]  ² tn Or “be secure.”

[122:7]  ³ tn or “security.”

[122:7]  ⁴ tn The psalmist uses second feminine singular pronominal forms to address personified Jerusalem.

[122:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.