Psalm 122:1-9
(6-9) Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you." For the sake of the House of the Lord our God I will seek your good. --
David prayed for his capital city, that God's peace would be upon it, which would bring prosperity to its palaces, which in turn would bring goodness to all the people.
We also need to pray for our capital cities, our governments, so that our "palaces," our State houses and businesses, would prosper and bring our population the good of cooperating with the way things were designed to work.
When our Federal government and our State and County and City government officials understand and rule according to true justice and righteousness, then the evil will be restrained and the good will flourish, giving peace and prosperity to the whole Nation.
We pray, Father, for the peace of Jerusalem, and for the governments of the Nations of the World, especially our own; that Your peace would flourish and all will know Your good upon them.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
