Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee - or, 'let them prosper that love thee.' Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee - or, 'let them prosper that love thee.' Resting on the excellency of Jerusalem (Psalms 122:3-5), there follows the mutual exhortation of the pilgrims to pray for it, and then the prayer itself. Jerusalem means a peaceful possession: to this the allusion is. In the Hebrew, the frequent alliteration of the similar-sounding words ("peace" "prosper" "prosperity") with one another, and with "Jerusalem," is designed to endear the mother city to the nation. So Psalms 76:2. It is characteristic of the true Israelite to wish peace to the seat of the sanctuary. Compare David's similar prayer, Psalms 51:18.