Pray That Jerusalem May Have

Pray that Jerusalem may have
Peace and felicity:
Let them that love thee and thy peace
Have still prosperity.

Therefore I wish that peace may still
Within thy walls remain,
And ever may thy palaces
Prosperity retain.

Now, for my friends and brethren’s sake,
Peace be in thee, I’ll say;
And for the house of God our Lord
I’ll seek thy good alway.

Author: John Milton

Year: 1648

This is a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 122 from the 1648 collection 'The Psalms of David in English Meter' (often called the 'Milton Psalter' or 'Nine of the Psalms'). It is one of the nine psalms Milton rendered in common meter; later hymnals sometimes attribute it simply as 'from Milton' or use it anonymously.