Psalms 122:9
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.
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
- KJV
- Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
- WEB
- For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.
- ASV
- For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good. Psalm 123 A Song of Ascents.
- DARBY
- Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.
- BLB
- For the sake of the house of YHWH our God I will seek good for you.
- ÅB
- For Herrens, vår Guds huses skyld vil jeg søke ditt beste.
- OTB
- For Herrens, vår Guds, hus skyld,
Vil jeg søke ditt beste. - B1930
- For Herrens, vår Guds huses skyld vil jeg søke ditt beste.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Read in contextPsalms 84:1–2
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Read in contextNehemiah 13:14
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
Read in contextJohn 2:17
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
Read in contextPsalms 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Read in contextPsalms 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Read in contextEsther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
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