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Psalms 132:10
10For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one.
Psalms 132:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Your servant David’s sake, Do not turn away the face of Your Anointed.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the sake of your servant David, do not reject the king you have anointed.
Context of Psalms 132:10
8‘Arise, Lord, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. 9May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.’ ” For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one. 11The Lord swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke: “One of your own descendants I will place on your throne. 12If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
Read all of Psalms 132Psalms 132:10 word by word
בַּ֭עֲבוּר דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תָּ֝שֵׁ֗ב פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 132:10
- 1 Kings 11:12Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
- 1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.
- 2 Kings 19:34I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’ ”
- Hosea 3:5Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
- Psalms 84:9Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
- Psalms 89:38But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one.
- 2 Chronicles 6:42Lord God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”
Commentaries on Psalms 132:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For thy servant David‘s sake - Because of the promise made to him; because of the zeal which he has shown in securing a place for the ark. Let it not be in vain that he has shown such a regard to the honor of God; let not the promises made to him fail. Such a prayer is proper now. There is nothing wrong in our beseeching God to carry out and accomplish the purposes cherished by his church for promoting the honor of his name; or for a child to pray that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10These verses are a quotation from Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple (2 Chronicles 6:41–42).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. For thy servant David's sake--that is, On account of the promise made to him. turn ... anointed--Repulse not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate his royal line. After reciting the promise, substantially from 2Sa 7:12-16 (compare Ac 2:30, &c.), an additional plea,Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 10turn not away the face of Your anointed Solomon, when he comes to place the Ark therein.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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