New English Translation
Psalms 132:9
9May your priests be clothed with integrity! May your loyal followers shout for joy!
Psalms 132:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
- New International Version (NIV)May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.
Context of Psalms 132:9
7Let us go to his dwelling place! Let us worship before his footstool! 8Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests be clothed with integrity! May your loyal followers shout for joy! 10For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king! 11The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:9 word by word
כֹּהֲנֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־צֶ֑דֶק וַחֲסִידֶ֥יךָ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 132:9
- Psalms 132:16I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly.
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty, the Lord is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 104:1Praise the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are magnificent. You are robed in splendor and majesty.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
- Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
- Romans 13:14Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
- 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
- Revelation 19:8She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).
- Psalms 35:26May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!
- Psalms 68:3But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.
- Psalms 70:4May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, “May God be praised!”
- Judges 5:31May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!” And the land had rest for forty years.
- Psalms 47:1All you nations, clap your hands! Shout out to God in celebration!
- Isaiah 65:14Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.
- Ezra 3:11With antiphonal response they sang, praising and glorifying the Lord: “For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever.” All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established.
- Zephaniah 3:14Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
Commentaries on Psalms 132:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness - This is also substantially the same language that was used by Solomon at the dedication of the temple. See again 2 Chronicles 6:41. The idea is, that in the service of such a God, the priests, the ministers of religion, should be holy. The honor of religion demanded it. It was the first qualification of those who “served the altar;” a qualification without which all other endowments would be valueless. On…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The priests were to show righteousness by the way they live (Psalm 132:16; Malachi 2:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. The solemn entry of the ark, symbolical of God's presence and power, with the attending priests, into the sanctuary, is proclaimed in the words used by Solomon (2Ch 6:41).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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