Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
Parallel translations
- WEB Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.
- KJV Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
- BSB Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
- NASB Arise, Lord, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
- NLT Arise, O Lord, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.
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Quick answer
They invite Yahweh to arise into His resting place with the ark of His strength. It prays for God's presence to settle permanently among His people.
Overview
Echoing words used when the ark moved, the people ask the Lord to enter His resting place along with the ark, the symbol of His might. They long for God's stable presence in Zion. This anticipates the risen Christ, in whom God's presence dwells with His people forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 2 Chr 6:41–42“Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
- Ps 78:61and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
- Ps 68:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
- Num 10:35–36When the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”
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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.
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