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Psalms 132:9
9May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)May your priests be clothed in godliness; may your loyal servants sing for joy.
Context of Psalms 132:9
7“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. May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.’ ” 10For 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.
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 clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength; indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.
- Psalms 104:1Praise the Lord, my soul. Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
- Isaiah 61:10I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Romans 13:14Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
- 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
- Revelation 19:8Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)
- Psalms 35:26May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.
- Psalms 68:3But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
- Psalms 70:4But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!”
- Judges 5:31“So may all your enemies perish, Lord! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years.
- Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.
- Isaiah 65:14My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.
- Ezra 3:11With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord: “He is good; his love toward Israel endures forever.” And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
- Zephaniah 3:14Sing, Daughter Zion; shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice 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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