Psalms 132:14
“This [is] My rest forever and ever, || Here I sit, for I have desired it.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
In Context
13For YHWH has fixed on Zion, || He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,
15I greatly bless her provision, || I satisfy her poor [with] bread,
Cross References
1 Kings 8:13I have surely built a house of habitation for You; a fixed place for Your abiding for all ages.”
1 Kings 9:3and YHWH says to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication with which you have made supplication before Me; I have hallowed this house that you have built to put My Name there for all time, and My eyes and My heart have been there [for] all the days.
Psalms 68:16Why do you envy, O high hills, || The hill God has desired for His seat? YHWH also dwells forever.
Psalms 76:2And His dwelling place is in Salem, || And His habitation in Zion.
Psalms 132:8Arise, O YHWH, to Your rest, || You, and the Ark of Your strength,
Isaiah 8:18Behold, I, and the children whom YHWH has given to me, || [Are] for signs and for wonders in Israel, || From YHWH of Hosts, who is dwelling 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 →