May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
- KJV Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
- NKJV Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces.”
- NASB “May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces.”
- NLT O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls and prosperity in your palaces.
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Quick answer
He prays for peace within the walls and prosperity within the palaces. The desire is for the wholeness and security of God's city.
Overview
Spelling out his prayer, the psalmist asks for 'peace' inside the walls and well-being in the strongholds. He seeks comprehensive flourishing for the whole community. Such longing for peace points beyond the earthly city to the perfect peace of the heavenly Jerusalem secured by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
- Isa 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- Jas 3:18Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
- Ps 48:3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
- Ps 48:13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- 1 Chr 12:18Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
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