Bible Strands
Psalms 122:7
May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses Jerusalem, instructing its people to pray for the city's well-being during a time of communal pilgrimage or worship. The speaker frames this prayer as a direct response to the love owed to the city.
The words — The verse centers on שָׁלוֹם (shalom), meaning peace, and שַׁלְוָה (shalvah), meaning ease or prosperity. These terms are positioned within בְּחֵילֶיךְ (in your ramparts) and בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶיךָ (in your fortresses) to ground the blessing in physical security.
The thread — This petition for communal stability runs parallel to Christ’s declaration of leaving his peace (John 14:27) and the New Testament observation that peacemakers reap righteousness (James 3:18). It also corresponds to the prophetic link between divine teaching and national flourishing (Isaiah 54:13).
Why it lands — The text commands a concrete prayer for the structural and social safety of a specific community. Readers are asked to actively intercede for the physical and civic well-being of the people under their care or allegiance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Cross-references
- John 14:27 Peace 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.
- Isaiah 54:13 Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
- James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
- Psalms 48:3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
- Psalms 48:13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- Isaiah 9:7 Of 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 Chronicles 12:18 Then 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.