Psalms 121:6
Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Rogate quæ ad pacem sunt Jerusalem, et abundantia diligentibus te.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εὐθηνία τοῖς ἀγαπῶσίν σε· ἐρωτήσατε δὴ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τῇ Ἰερουσαλήμ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 122:6
- שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ
Haydock's commentary
Pray. Septuagint, "ask Jerusalem for," &c., (Haydock) as if she were to give it. (Calmet)
And may there be abundance. Hebrew, "those who love thee shall be at rest." (Haydock)
Christ encourages us to ask; as Catholics exhort each other to pray for the Church. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXXII
10. He at once addeth, as unto the seats themselves, “Enquire ye the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem” ( ver. 6 ). O ye seats, who now sit unto judgment, and are made the seats of the Lord who judgeth (since they who judge, enquire; they who are judged, are enquired of), “Enquire ye,” he saith, “the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem.” What will they find by asking? That some have done deeds of charity, that others have not. Those whom they shall find to have done deeds of charity, they will summon them unto Jerusalem; for these deeds are “for the peace of Jerusalem.” Love is a powerful thing, my brethren, love is a powerful thing. …