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Psalms 132:7
7Let’s go to his dwelling place. Let’s worship at his footstool.
Psalms 132:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
- New International Version (NIV)“Let us go to his dwelling place, let us worship at his footstool, saying,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let us go into His tabernacle; Let us worship at His footstool.
Context of Psalms 132:7
5until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” 6Now, we have heard about the ark ⌞of the promise⌟ being in Ephrathah. We have found it in Jaar. Let’s go to his dwelling place. Let’s worship at his footstool. 8O Lord, arise, and come to your resting place with the ark of your power. 9Clothe your priests with righteousness. Let your godly ones sing with joy.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:7 word by word
נָב֥וֹאָה לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑יו נִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:7
- Psalms 5:7But I will enter your house because of your great mercy. Out of reverence for you, I will bow toward your holy temple.
- Psalms 66:13I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you,
- Psalms 118:19Open the gates of righteousness for me. I will go through them ⌞and⌟ give thanks to the Lord.
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to the house of the Lord.”
- Isaiah 2:3Then many people will come and say, “Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.” The teachings will go out from Zion. The Lord’s word will go out from Jerusalem.
- Psalms 95:6Come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel in front of the Lord, our maker,
- Psalms 99:5Highly honor the Lord our God. Bow down at his footstool. He is holy!
- Lamentations 2:1“Look how the Lord has covered the people of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s beauty from heaven to earth. He didn’t ⌞even⌟ remember his footstool on the day of his anger.
Commentaries on Psalms 132:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7We will go into his tabernacles - His tents, or the fixed resting place prepared for the ark. This is evidently language supposed to have been used on bringing up the ark into its place in Jerusalem: language such as they may be supposed to have sung or recited on that occasion. We will worship at his footstool - See the notes at Psalm 99:5. The meaning is, the footstool of God: let us bow humbly at his feet. The language denotes profound adoration. It…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-10These verses recall David moving the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:1–15) and the Lord's promise to David (2 Samuel 7:4–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The purpose of engaging in God's worship is avowed.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 7Let us come there to His Tabernacles.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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