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Psalms 122:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 122:8: The reason or consequence in “For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace…” supports the surrounding claim in “Joyful arrival and prayer for Jerusalem's peace.”
Read It With
- Psalms 122:1–9
Read Psalms 122:8 with 122:1–9. Read alone, “For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be…” could lose the communal voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 122:1–9, the communal voice carries the movement “Joyful arrival and prayer for Jerusalem's peace” as part of “Joyful arrival and prayer for Jerusalem's peace.” Its song-of-ascents-zion form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 122:1–9 opens Psalm 122 with “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD” and establishes the communal voice and “Joyful arrival and prayer for Jerusalem's peace” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 122:8 supplies a reason or consequence through “For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee” and must be read with the claim it supports.
What Remains True
Book V gives Psalm 122:8 a larger home, while “Joyful arrival and prayer for Jerusalem's peace” supplies its immediate one. Psalm 122:8 supplies a reason or consequence through “For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee” and must be read with the claim it supports. Therefore, Shared worship, memory, and journey can orient a community toward God while never excusing territorial violence, coercion, or unsafe belonging. The local movement is “Joyful arrival and prayer for Jerusalem's peace.” The unit's reviewed limit is: Prayer for Jerusalem belongs to Jewish Scripture and worship; it cannot be turned into a blank check for nationalism, exclusion, or violence.
How It Can Shape Life
- Psalm 122:8 contributes to “Joyful arrival and prayer for Jerusalem's peace” in a specific way: Psalm 122:8 supplies a reason or consequence through “For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee” and must be read with the claim it supports. Respond by doing this: Let “For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be…” orient shared worship or journey while honoring the safety, limits, and full belonging of every participant.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 122:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
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Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 122:1–9
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Biblical Studies Press
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Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 122:1–9.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 122 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 122:1–9
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