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Psalms 132:14

This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

KJV

This is my resting-place for ever: Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

ASV

זֹאת מְנוּחָתִ֥/י עֲדֵי עַ֑ד פֹּֽה אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽי/הָ

Hebrew

This is My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.

YLT

“This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 22×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עֶֽד
'd
noun · 47×
פֹּ֖ה
ph
adverb · 82×
תְּאַוֶּ֖ה
t'vh
verb · 28×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 6:31 — And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
  • 1Kgs 8:13 — I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
  • 1Kgs 8:27 — But 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?
  • 2Chr 7:16 — For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
  • Eph 2:22 — In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
  • Ezek 48:35 — It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
  • Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
  • Isa 8:18 — Behold, 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.
  • Isa 11:10 — And 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.
  • Isa 12:6 — Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
  • Isa 57:15 — For 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 t
  • Isa 66:1 — Thus 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?
  • Joel 3:21 — For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
  • Matt 23:21 — And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
  • Ps 68:16 — Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
  • Ps 68:18 — Thou 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.
  • Ps 76:2 — In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
  • Ps 87:2 — The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
  • Ps 132:8 — Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
  • Ps 135:21 — Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
  • Rev 21:23 — And 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.
  • Zeph 3:17 — The 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.