Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For the LORD has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, New Living Translation For the LORD has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home. English Standard Version For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place: Berean Standard Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: King James Bible For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. New King James Version For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: New American Standard Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it as His dwelling place. NASB 1995 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. NASB 1977 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. Legacy Standard Bible For Yahweh has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. Amplified Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: Christian Standard Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his home: Holman Christian Standard Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:” American Standard Version For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because LORD JEHOVAH is pleased in Zion and he chose it a dwelling place. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the Lord has elected Sion, he has chosen her for a habitation for himself, saying, Contemporary English Version You have gladly chosen Zion as your home, our LORD. Douay-Rheims Bible For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. English Revised Version For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD has chosen Zion. He wants it for his home. Good News Translation The LORD has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home: International Standard Version For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place. JPS Tanakh 1917 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation: Literal Standard Version For YHWH has fixed on Zion, | He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself, Majority Standard Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: New American Bible Yes, the LORD has chosen Zion, desired it for a dwelling: NET Bible Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. New Revised Standard Version For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation: New Heart English Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling. Webster's Bible Translation For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. World English Bible For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation. Young's Literal Translation For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Remember David's Affliction…12If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.” 13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: 14“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.… Cross References Exodus 15:17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance--the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established. Psalm 48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain. Psalm 48:2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King. Psalm 68:16 Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever. Psalm 76:2 His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion. Psalm 78:68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. Psalm 83:12 who said, "Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God." Treasury of Scripture For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation. the Lord Psalm 76:1,2 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel… Psalm 78:68,69 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved… Isaiah 14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. he hath desired Psalm 48:1-3 A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness… Psalm 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. Psalm 87:2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Jump to Previous Chosen Desired Desiring Dwelling Fixed Habitation Heart Lord's Resting-Place Seat ZionJump to Next Chosen Desired Desiring Dwelling Fixed Habitation Heart Lord's Resting-Place Seat ZionPsalm 132 1. David in his prayer commends unto God the reverent care he had for the ark8. His prayer at the removing of the ark 11. With a repetition of God's promises (13) Zion.--The dynasty of David and the location of the sanctuary at Zion are intimately associated, as in Psalm 78:67-68. (Comp. Psalm 122:4-5.)Verse 13. - For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. Here we are brought back again to the temple. Zion, the city of David, was also "the city of the great King" (Psalm 48:2) - the place where he had "set his Name" - which he was bound to protect and cherish. "As truly as God had chosen Zion, and made his habitation there, so certainly must he also raise up for David a branch, through which to his people concentrated there he will impart salvation" (Hengstenberg). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has chosen בָחַ֣ר (ḇā·ḥar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select Zion; בְּצִיּ֑וֹן (bə·ṣî·yō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 6726: Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem He has desired אִ֝וָּ֗הּ (’iw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 183: To incline, desire it for His home: לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב (lə·mō·wō·šāḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4186: A seat, assembly, dwelling place, dwelling, dwellers Links Psalm 132:13 NIVPsalm 132:13 NLT Psalm 132:13 ESV Psalm 132:13 NASB Psalm 132:13 KJV Psalm 132:13 BibleApps.com Psalm 132:13 Biblia Paralela Psalm 132:13 Chinese Bible Psalm 132:13 French Bible Psalm 132:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 132:13 For Yahweh has chosen Zion (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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