Psalms 122:8

"For my brethren and companion's sakes,

I will now say, Peace be within thee.

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God

I will seek thy good."

"I will seek thy good (Jerusalem's good)" (Psalms 122:9). These words cannot be made to fit the mouth of an ordinary pilgrim coming to Jerusalem to worship. The business of seeking the good of a great walled city is the business of a king, not that of an ordinary citizen.

The reasons here assigned for the concern and solicitation for the peace, prosperity and "good" of Jerusalem are: (1) for the sake of the psalmist's brethren; (2) for that of his companions; and (3) for the sake of the "house of Jehovah."

How, then did this psalm come to be among the psalms of the Little Psalter mentioned in the introduction to these fifteen psalms? There could have been nothing whatever in the way of adopting this "Psalm of David" as an appropriate addition to the little hymnal that the worshippers traveling to the three great annual festivals in Jerusalem would have found to be most appropriate.