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This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Psalms 132:14 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB “This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.
  • BSB “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
  • NKJV “Thisis My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
  • NASB “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
  • NLT “This is my resting place forever,” he said. “I will live here, for this is the home I desired.

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Quick answer

God declares Zion His resting place forever, where He desires to dwell. It assures God's permanent, willing presence among His people.

Overview

Yahweh Himself speaks, naming Zion as His eternal resting place where He chooses to live. His presence there is not reluctant but desired. This anticipates the final reality in which God dwells forever with His redeemed people through Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Ps 132:8Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
  • Isa 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
  • Ps 87:2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  • Ps 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
  • Ps 135:21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 8:13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
  • Isa 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
  • Zeph 3:17The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
  • Ps 68:18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
  • Isa 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
  • Matt 23:21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
  • Isa 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Eph 2:22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
  • Isa 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
  • Rev 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
  • 1 Kgs 8:27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
  • Heb 12:22But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
  • Joel 3:21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
  • Ps 68:16Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 132:14 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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