Psalms 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Updated King James Version
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 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 you an house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in for ever.
1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said unto him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Psalms 68:16Why leap all of you, all of you high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
Psalms 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
Psalms 132:8Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength.
Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which 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 →