New English Translation
Psalms 132:17
17There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue.
Psalms 132:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
- New International Version (NIV)“Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed.
Context of Psalms 132:17
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. There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue. 18I will humiliate his enemies, and his crown will shine.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:17 word by word
שָׁ֤ם אַצְמִ֣יחַ קֶ֣רֶן לְדָוִ֑ד עָרַ֥כְתִּי נֵ֝֗ר לִמְשִׁיחִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:17
- Psalms 92:10You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil.
- Psalms 148:14He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise – the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord!
- Ezekiel 29:21On that day I will make Israel powerful, and I will give you the right to be heard among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”
- Luke 1:69For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
- 1 Kings 11:36I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David’s dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home.
- 1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless for David’s sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 21:7But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David’s dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty.
- Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen your salvation
Commentaries on Psalms 132:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17There will I make thy horn of David to bud - The horn was an emblem of power; and then, of success or prosperity. See the notes at Luke 1:69. The word rendered “to bud” means to grow, or to shoot forth as a plant, or as grass grows; and then it may be applied to anything which shoots forth or grows. The allusion here would seem to be to a horn as it shoots forth on the head of an animal. So David would be endowed with growing strength; would have the…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. 17anointed one: God chose and established this ruler (see Psalms 1–8) to always provide light for the Lord’s people. This light would shine continuously (see 1 Kings 11:36; 2 Kings 8:19; compare John 8:12; Revelation 21:23–24).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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