Psalms 132:13
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
In Context
14'This is My resting-place for ever; here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 7:16For now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that My name may be there for ever; and Mine eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
Psalms 9:12(9-13) For He that avengeth blood hath remembered them; He hath not forgotten the cry of the humble.
Psalms 68:16(68-17) Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for ever.
Psalms 78:68But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which He loved.
Isaiah 14:32What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath 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 →