Psalms 132:12

Psalms 132:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
• New International Version (NIV)If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall sit on your throne."
• New King James Version (NKJV)If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I shall teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”

Context of Psalms 132:12

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 abandon: “I will set one of your offspring on your throne. If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I will teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.” 13For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his home: 14“This is my resting place forever; I will make my home here because I have desired it.

Psalms 132:12 word by word

אִֽם־יִשְׁמְר֬וּ בָנֶ֨יךָ׀ בְּרִיתִי֮ וְעֵדֹתִ֥י ז֗וֹ אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥ם גַּם־בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּ לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If thy childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• will keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• and my testimonyעֵדָה‛êdâh · testimonyH5713
• thatזוֹzô · thisH2097
• thatזֹהzôh · thisH2090
• I shall teachלָמַדlâmad · to learn: teachH3925
• shall also sitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• upon thy throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• for evermoreעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703

Cross-references for Psalms 132:12

• Psalms 89:30If his sons abandon my instruction and do not live by my ordinances,
• Psalms 102:28Your servants’ children will dwell securely, and their offspring will be established before you.”
• Psalms 115:14May the Lord add to your numbers, both yours and your children’s.
• Isaiah 9:7The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.
• Isaiah 59:21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says the Lord.
• Luke 1:32He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

Commentaries on Psalms 132:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12If thy children will keep my covenant … - This was the condition implied in the promise - that they were to keep the law of God, and to serve and obey him. If they did not, they could not, of course, plead the promise. This principle is universal. We cannot plead any promise of God in our behalf, or in behalf of our children, unless we obey his commands, and are ourselves faithful to him. See the sentiment in this verse illustrated in the notes at Psalm…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. 11-12The LORD swore an oath to David (2 Samuel 7:4–16): God's promise is unconditional, but the covenant depends on conditions (If … then). Those who break God's covenant should expect God's judgment as discipline (see Psalm 89:30–37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. For thy servant David's sake--that is, On account of the promise made to him. turn ... anointed--Repulse not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate his royal line. After reciting the promise, substantially from 2Sa 7:12-16 (compare Ac 2:30, &c.), an additional plea,Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 12and this, My testimony, which I shall teach them This which I shall teach them.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 132:12

• David
• Throne

In the dictionaries

• Ark
• Clothe
• Degrees, Song of
• Hallel
• Kirjathjearim
• Psalms
• Ark of the Covenant
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• David
• Degree

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