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Psalms 122:7
May there be peace within your walls,
from Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, Psalms 122:1-9
What it says

It asks for peace within Jerusalem's walls and security within her citadels.

What it is doing

This verse gives the prayer a concrete civic shape.

In context

1A song of ascents. Of David. 2Our feet are standing in your gates, 3Jerusalem is built up 4where the tribes go up, 5For there the thrones of judgment stand, 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 7May there be peace within your walls, 8For the sake of my brothers and friends, 9For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,