Psalms 132:14

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
rest	מְנוּחָתִ֥י me.nu.cha.Ti	H4496	repose or (adverbially) peacefully · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
ever	עֲדֵי 'a.dei-	H5703	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct
dwell	אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב 'e.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
desired	אִוִּתִֽיהָ 'i.vi.Ti.ha	H183	to wish for · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
1 Kings 8:13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Psalms 76:2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
Psalms 87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms 135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Psalms 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD G…
Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mou…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 132:11–end

These are precious promises, confirmed by an oath, that the heirs of them might have strong consolation, Heb 6:17, Heb 6:18. It is all one whether we take them as pleas urged in the prayer or as answers returned to the prayer; believers know how to make use of the promises both ways, with them to speak to God and in them to hear what God the Lord will speak to us. These promises relate to the establishment both in church and state, both to the throne of the house of David and to the testimony of Israel fixed on Mount Zion. The promises concerning Zion's hill are as applicable to the gospel-church as these concerning David's seed are to Christ, and therefore both pleadable by us and very comf…

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John Gill on Psalms 132:14

This is my rest for ever,.... The rest of my majesty, as the Targum; the place of his rest: and this being for ever shows that not Mount Zion literally, nor the temple, are meant; but the church and people of God, in whom he rests in his love, and rejoices over with joy; who are the objects of his delight, and with whom he abides for ever; for this phrase is expressive of pleasure and delight, and of permanency and perpetuity; here will I dwell, for I have desired it; not merely by his omnipresence, in which sense he dwells everywhere, both in heaven and in earth; nor only by his omnipotence, by which he upholds all creatures in their being, and so is present with them all; and they all liv…

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John Calvin on Psalms 132:13-16

Psalm 132:13-16 13. Seeing that Jehovah has chosen Zion, [137] he hath desired it for his habitation. 14. This is my rest for ever, here will I:dwell: because I have desired it. 15. Blessing I will bless her provision, I will satisfy her poor with bread; 16. And I will clothe her priests with salvation [138] and her merciful ones shall shout aloud for joy. 13. Seeing that Jehovah has chosen Zion. By coupling the kingdom with the priesthood and sanctuary service, he declares it still more emphatically to have been of divine and not human appointment. The connection is not to be overlooked, on another account. The true strength and stability of that kingdom were in Christ, and Christ's kingd…

The Church Fathers

"This shall be My rest for ever" [Psalm 132:14]. These are the words of God. "My rest:" I rest there. How greatly doth God love us, brethren, since, because we rest, He saith that He also resteth! For He is not sometimes Himself disturbed, nor doth He rest as we do; but He saith that He resteth there, because we shall have rest in Him. "Here will I dwell: for I have a delight therein."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 132

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Dictionary and topics

Kirjath-jearim — City of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam. 7:1, 2) from…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 132:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 132:11–end

John Gill on Psalms 132:14

John Calvin on Psalms 132:13-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 132:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 132:11–end

John Gill on Psalms 132:14

John Calvin on Psalms 132:13-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 132:14–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 132:13-17

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 132:14