“Thus as he was here speaking of charity, he adds, "For my brethren and companions' sake, I spoke peace of you" [Psalm 122:8]. O Jerusalem, thou city whose partaking is in The Same, I in this life and on this earth, I poor, he says, I a stranger and groaning, not as yet enjoying to the full your peace, and preaching yo…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 122
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8For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
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6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
— Psalms 122:8 —
9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.