God’s Word Translation
Psalms 132:13
13The Lord has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home.
Psalms 132:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:
Context of Psalms 132:13
11The Lord swore an oath to David. This is a truth he will not take back: “I will set one of your own descendants on your throne. 12If your sons are faithful to my promise and my written instructions that I will teach them, then their descendants will also sit on your throne forever.” The Lord has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home. 14“This will be my resting place forever. Here I will sit enthroned because I want Zion. 15I will certainly bless all that Zion needs. I will satisfy its needy people with food.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:13 word by word
כִּֽי־בָחַ֣ר יְהוָ֣ה בְּצִיּ֑וֹן אִ֝וָּ֗הּ לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:13
- Psalms 76:1God is known in Judah. His name is great in Israel.
- Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
- Isaiah 14:32How should we answer the messengers from the nations? ⌞Tell them that⌟ the Lord has laid Zion’s foundation, and his humble people will find refuge in it.
- Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together
- Psalms 48:1The Lord is great. He should be highly praised. His holy mountain is in the city of our God.
- Psalms 68:16Why do you look with envy, you mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has chosen to live? Certainly, the Lord will live there forever.
- Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the city of Zion more than any other place in Jacob.
Commentaries on Psalms 132:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For the Lord hath chosen Zion - He has selected it as the place where he will abide; the seat of his religion. This is a new plea or argument, and shows that the psalm had reference to Zion or Jerusalem, as then in danger, or as having been in danger. See the notes at Psalm 48:1-2. He hath desired it for his habitation - A place where to abide. Its had selected this as the permanent place of his worship.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. 1313. is made on the ground of God's choice of Zion (here used for Jerusalem) as His dwelling, inasmuch as the prosperity of the kingdom was connected with that of the Church (Psa 122:8, 9).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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