God’s Word Translation
Psalms 132:14
14“This will be my resting place forever. Here I will sit enthroned because I want Zion.
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 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.” 13The Lord has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home. “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. 16I will clothe its priests with salvation. Then its godly ones will sing joyfully.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:14 word by word
זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:14
- Psalms 132:8O Lord, arise, and come to your resting place with the ark of your power.
- Isaiah 11:10At that time the root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the people ⌞to gather around⌟. The nations will come to him. His resting place will be glorious.
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne. The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or resting place for me?
- Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is with you. He is a hero who saves you. He happily rejoices over you, renews you with his love, and celebrates over you with shouts of joy.
- Psalms 68:18You went to the highest place. You took prisoners captive. You received gifts from people, even from rebellious people, so that the Lord God may live there.
- Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem. His home is in Zion.
- Psalms 135:21Thank the Lord in Zion. Thank the one who lives in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- 1 Kings 8:13I certainly have built you a high temple, a home for you to live in permanently.”
- Isaiah 8:18I am here with the children that the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord of Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 12:6Shout loudly, and sing with joy, people of Zion! The Holy One of Israel is great. He is among you.”
- Isaiah 57:15The High and Lofty One lives forever, and his name is holy. This is what he says: I live in a high and holy place. But I am with those who are crushed and humble. I will renew the spirit of those who are humble and the courage of those who are crushed.
- Joel 3:21I will punish those who murder.” The Lord lives in Zion!
- Ephesians 2:22Through him you, also, are being built in the Spirit together with others into a place where God lives.
- 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 87:2The Lord loves the city of Zion more than any other place in Jacob.
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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