Psalms 132:14
'This is My resting-place for ever; here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
In Context
13For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:
15I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:13I have surely built Thee a house of habitation, a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.
1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put My name there for ever; and Mine eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.
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 76:2(76-3) In Salem also is set His tabernacle, and His dwelling-place in Zion.
Psalms 132:8Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.
Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me shall be for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwelleth 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 →