Psalms 132:13
For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
In Context
14This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:16For now I have chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there forever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Psalms 9:12For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
Psalms 68:16Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God has desired for his abode? Yea, LORD will dwell [in it] forever.
Psalms 78:68but chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Isaiah 14:32What then shall [a man] answer the messengers of the nation? That LORD has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 132:12-18
God's Choice of Zion; God's Promises to Zion. 11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her… Read the whole commentary →