KJV King James Version
This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
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Psalm 132:14
This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
WEB World English Bible
“This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.
ASV American Standard Version
This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.
Surrounding context — Psalm 132
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 poor with bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
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Psalm 132:8Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.Isaiah 12:6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.1 Kings 8:13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.Psalm 87:2The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.Psalm 76:2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.Psalm 135:21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.Isaiah 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.Psalm 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].Zephaniah 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.Isaiah 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?Ephesians 2:22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.Matthew 23:21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.Isaiah 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.Isaiah 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.1 Kings 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?Revelation 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.Psalm 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.Joel 3:21For I will cleanse their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
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