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Psalms 132:14

Psalms 132:14
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I will also clothe her priests with salvation,.... With the garments of salvation, as the Targum; in answer to the petition, Psa 132:9; but more is promised than prayed for, "salvation" including…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

This is my rest for ever - My home; my permanent abode. I will no more remove from place to place - as when the ark was carried in the wilderness, and as it has been since; but Zion shall now be the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 132:11-18

These are precious promises, confirmed by an oath, that the heirs of them might have strong consolation, Heb 6:17, Heb 6:18. It is all one whether we take them as pleas urged in the prayer or as…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jehovah speaks. The expression of His Will in the facts of history is translated into the form of an utterance. Observe the stress laid on the Divine choice: in making Jerusalem the religious centre…