KJV King James Version
For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
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Psalm 132:10
For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
WEB World English Bible
For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
ASV American Standard Version
For thy servant David’s sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.
Surrounding context — Psalm 132
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
10 For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
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.
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2 Chronicles 6:42O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.1 Kings 15:4-5Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:1 Kings 11:34Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:1 Kings 11:12-13Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: [but] I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.Hosea 3:5Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.Psalm 84:9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.Psalm 89:38-39But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
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