Psalms 132:14
This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
In Context
13For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
15I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:13I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in forever.
1 Kings 9:3And LORD said to him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou have made before me. I have hallowed this house, which thou have built, to put my name there forever. And my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetuall
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 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion.
Psalms 132:8Arise, O LORD, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from LORD of hosts, who dwells in mount Zion.
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 →