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Psalms 132:9
9May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
Psalms 132:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
- New International Version (NIV)May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.
Context of Psalms 132:9
7Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool. 8Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy. 10For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one. 11The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
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כֹּהֲנֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־צֶ֑דֶק וַחֲסִידֶ֥יךָ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 132:9
- Psalms 132:16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
- Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Revelation 19:8She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
- Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
- Psalms 68:3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
- Psalms 70:4May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
- Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
- Isaiah 65:14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
- Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
- Zephaniah 3:14Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
Commentaries on Psalms 132:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness - This is also substantially the same language that was used by Solomon at the dedication of the temple. See again 2 Chronicles 6:41. The idea is, that in the service of such a God, the priests, the ministers of religion, should be holy. The honor of religion demanded it. It was the first qualification of those who “served the altar;” a qualification without which all other endowments would be valueless. On…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The priests were to show righteousness by the way they live (Psalm 132:16; Malachi 2:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. The solemn entry of the ark, symbolical of God's presence and power, with the attending priests, into the sanctuary, is proclaimed in the words used by Solomon (2Ch 6:41).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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