Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 132:14
14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)“This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, 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.
Context of Psalms 132:14
12If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13For Yhwh hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 16I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
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זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 132:14
- Psalms 132:8Arise, O Yhwh, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
- Isaiah 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
- Isaiah 66:1Thus saith Yhwh, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
- Zephaniah 3:17Yhwh thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
- Psalms 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell among them.
- Psalms 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
- Psalms 135:21Blessed be Yhwh out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Hallelujah.
- 1 Kings 8:13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
- Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom Yhwh hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yhwh of Armies, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Joel 3:21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for Yhwh dwelleth in Zion.
- Ephesians 2:22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
- Hebrews 12:22But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Psalms 87:2Yhwh loveth the gates of Zion more than all the 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
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