Psalm 122:8-9

For the sake of my family and friends, I will say,

    "May you have peace."

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,

    I will seek what is best for you, O Jerusalem. 

  

Psalm 128:3-6 

Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine,

    flourishing within your home.

Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees

    as they sit around your table.

That is the LORD's blessing

    for those who fear him.

May the LORD continually bless you from Zion.

    May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.

May you live to enjoy your grandchildren.

    May Israel have peace!  (see all Psalm 128) 

Psalm 133  

How wonderful and pleasant it is

    when brothers live together in harmony!

For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil

    that was poured over Aaron's head,

    that ran down his beard

    and onto the border of his robe.

Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon

    that falls on the mountains of Zion.

And there the LORD has pronounced his blessing,

    even life everlasting.

Psalm 78:68-69  

He chose instead the tribe of Judah,

    and Mount Zion, which he loved.

There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens,

    as solid and enduring as the earth.  (see all Psalm 78)

Micah 4:11-13  

Now many nations have gathered against you.

    "Let her be desecrated," they say. 

    "Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem."

But they do not know the LORD's thoughts

    or understand his plan.

These nations don't know

    that he is gathering them together

to be beaten and trampled

    like sheaves of grain on a threshing floor.

"Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!"

    says the LORD.

"For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves,

    so you can trample many nations to pieces.

You will present their stolen riches to the LORD,

    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth."  (see all Micah 4) 

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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