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Psalms 132:7
7“Let us go to his dwelling place, let us worship at his footstool, saying,
Psalms 132:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let us go into His tabernacle; Let us worship at His footstool.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let us go to the sanctuary of the Lord; let us worship at the footstool of his throne.
Context of Psalms 132:7
5till I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” 6We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar: “Let us go to his dwelling place, let us worship at his footstool, saying, 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.’ ”
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נָב֥וֹאָה לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑יו נִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 132:7
- Psalms 5:7But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.
- Psalms 66:13I will come to your temple with burnt offerings and fulfill my vows to you—
- Psalms 118:19Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
- Psalms 122:1I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
- Isaiah 2:3Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
- Psalms 95:6Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
- Psalms 99:5Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.
- Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
Commentaries on Psalms 132:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7We will go into his tabernacles - His tents, or the fixed resting place prepared for the ark. This is evidently language supposed to have been used on bringing up the ark into its place in Jerusalem: language such as they may be supposed to have sung or recited on that occasion. We will worship at his footstool - See the notes at Psalm 99:5. The meaning is, the footstool of God: let us bow humbly at his feet. The language denotes profound adoration. It…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-10These verses recall David moving the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:1–15) and the Lord's promise to David (2 Samuel 7:4–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. The purpose of engaging in God's worship is avowed.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 7Let us come there to His Tabernacles.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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