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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“This is my resting place forever,” he said. “I will live here, for this is the home I desired.

Context of Psalms 132:14

12If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.” 13For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it. 15I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food. 16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.

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 132:8‘Arise, Lord, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
• Isaiah 11:10In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious.
• Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
• Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
• Psalms 68:18When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious— that you, Lord God, might dwell there.
• Psalms 76:2His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.
• Psalms 135:21Praise be to the Lord from Zion, to him who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.
• 1 Kings 8:13I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
• Isaiah 8:18Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
• Isaiah 12:6Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”
• Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
• Joel 3:21Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged? No, I will not.” The Lord dwells in Zion!
• Ephesians 2:22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
• Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
• Psalms 87:2The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the other dwellings 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