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6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. …
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)Here, I. David calls upon others to which well to Jerusalem, Ps. 122:6 , 7 . Pray for the peace of Jerusalem , for the welfare of it, for all good to it, particularly for the uniting of the inhabitants among themselves and their preservation from the incursions of enemies. This we may truly desire, that in the peace thereof we may have peace; and this we must earnestly pray for, for it is the gift…
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