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Posted by Psalms on Friday, 12 February 2016
Psalms 122:7
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
122:7. Peace be within thy walls. See how the poet personifies the church, and speaks to it: his heart is with Zion, and therefore his conversation runs in that direction. A second time is the sweet favor of peace earnestly sought after: “There is none like it, give it me.” Walls were needed to keep out the foe, but it was asked of the Lord that those walls might prove sufficient for her security. May the munitions of rock so securely defend the city of God that no intruder may ever enter within her inclosure. May her ramparts repose in safety.
And prosperity within thy palaces, or “Repose within thy palaces.” Peace is prosperity; there can be no prosperity which is not based on peace, nor can there long be peace if prosperity be gone, for decline of grace breeds decay of love. We wish for the church rest from internal dissension and external assault: war is not her element (Acts 9:31). Our Jerusalem is a city of palaces: kings dwell within her walls, and God himself is there. The smallest church is worthy of higher honor than the greatest confederacies of nobles. For the sake of all the saintly spirits which inhabit the city of God we may well entreat for her the boons of lasting peace and abounding prosperity.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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