Psalms 132:14

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 keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.” 13Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. He said, “This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it. 15I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need. 16I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.

Psalms 132:14 word by word

זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• my restמְנוּחָהmenûchâh menûchâh · restingH4496
• for everעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703
• here will I dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• for I have desiredאָוָה'âvâh · to desireH183

Cross-references for Psalms 132:14

• Psalms 132:8Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!
• Isaiah 11:10At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.
• Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: “The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?
• Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”
• Psalms 68:18You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there!
• Psalms 76:2He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion.
• Psalms 135:21The Lord deserves praise in Zion – he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
• 1 Kings 8:13O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
• Isaiah 8:18Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
• Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
• Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
• Joel 3:21I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!
• Ephesians 2:22in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
• Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
• Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of 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