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Psalms 132:16
16I will clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful people will shout for joy.
Psalms 132:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
- New International Version (NIV)I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Context of Psalms 132:16
14“This is my resting place forever; I will make my home here because I have desired it. 15I will abundantly bless its food; I will satisfy its needy with bread. I will clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful people will shout for joy. 17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one. 18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown he wears will be glorious.”
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:16 word by word
וְֽ֭כֹהֲנֶיהָ אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ יֶ֑שַׁע וַ֝חֲסִידֶ֗יהָ רַנֵּ֥ן יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:16
- Psalms 132:9May your priests be clothed with righteousness, and may your faithful people shout for joy.
- Psalms 140:4Protect me, Lord, from the power of the wicked. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to make me stumble.
- 2 Chronicles 6:41Now therefore: Arise, Lord God, come to your resting place, you and your powerful ark. May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and may your faithful people rejoice in goodness.
- Isaiah 61:10I rejoice greatly in the Lord, I exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Galatians 3:27For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.
- Hosea 11:12Ephraim surrounds me with lies, the house of Israel, with deceit. Judah still wanders with God and is faithful to the holy ones.
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem! Look, your King is coming to you; he is righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- John 16:24Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Commentaries on Psalms 132:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16I will also clothe her priests with salvation - See the notes at Psalm 132:9, where - instead of the word which in 2 Chronicles 6:41, as here, is “salvation,” we find the word “righteousness.” The promise here corresponds to the prayer in Psalm 132:9. It is a reason why God should interpose. What they prayed for Psalm 132:9, had been expressly promised, and that promise is now urged as a plea why the prayer should be granted. And her saints shall shout…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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