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Psalms 132:14
14“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord]; “Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.
Psalms 132:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- New International Version (NIV)“This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
Context of Psalms 132:14
12If your children will keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.” 13For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord]; “Here will I dwell, for I have desired it. 15I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16Her priests also I will clothe with salvation, And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.
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זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 132:14
- Psalms 132:8Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.
- Isaiah 11:10Then in that day The nations will make supplications to the Root of Jesse Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; And His resting place will be glorious.
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says, “Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me? And where will My resting place be?
- Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is in your midst, A Warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with joy; He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins], He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
- Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.
- Psalms 76:2His tabernacle is in Salem (Jerusalem); His dwelling place is in Zion.
- Psalms 135:21Blessed be the Lord from Zion, Who dwells [with us] at Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
- 1 Kings 8:13I have certainly built You a lofty house, A place for You to dwell in forever.”
- Isaiah 8:18Listen carefully, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and wonders [that will occur] in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 12:6Rejoice and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 57:15For the high and exalted One He who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy says this, “I dwell on the high and holy place, But also with the contrite and humble in spirit In order to revive the spirit of the humble And to revive the heart of the contrite [overcome with sorrow for sin].
- Joel 3:21And I shall avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the Lord dwells in Zion.
- Ephesians 2:22In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
- Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],
- Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion More than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel).
Commentaries on Psalms 132:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14This is my rest for ever - My home; my permanent abode. I will no more remove from place to place - as when the ark was carried in the wilderness, and as it has been since; but Zion shall now be the fixed seat of religion. See the notes at Psalm 68:16. Here will I dwell - Permanently; constantly.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-18Verses 11-18 The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest, and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he should speak thus concerning his church! It is his desire to dwell with us; yet how little do we desire to dwell with him! He abode in Zion till the sins of Israel caused him to give them up to the spoilers. Forsake us not, O God, and deliver us not in like manner, sinful though we are. God's people…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-17The psalmist remembers how God chose Jerusalem and appointed the priests.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. That choice is expressed in God's words, "I will sit" or "dwell," or sit enthroned. The joy of the people springs from the blessings of His grace, conferred through the medium of the priesthood.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 132
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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