Psalms 122:9

122:9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God

I will pray for you to prosper.

Psalms 128:5

128:5 May the Lord bless you from Zion,

that you might see Jerusalem prosper

all the days of your life,


tn Heb “I will seek good for you.” The psalmist will seek Jerusalem’s “good” through prayer.

tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer (note the imperatives that are subordinated to this clause in vv. 5b-6a). Having described the blessings that typically come to the godly, the psalmist concludes by praying that this ideal may become reality for the representative godly man being addressed.

tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding jussive.

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