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. Contemporary English Version You have gladly chosen Zion as your home, our LORD. 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. Majority Standard Bible For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: NET Bible Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor YHWH has fixed on Zion, "" He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself, Young's Literal Translation For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired it for a seat to Himself, Smith's Literal Translation For Jehovah chose in Zion; for he desired it for a dwelling to himself. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Yes, the LORD has chosen Zion, desired it for a dwelling: New Revised Standard Version For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation: Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor the LORD has been delighted with Zion; he has chosen it for his habitation. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because LORD JEHOVAH is pleased in Zion and he chose it a dwelling place. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation: Brenton Septuagint Translation For the Lord has elected Sion, he has chosen her for a habitation for himself, saying, 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 2 Chronicles 6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 1 Kings 8:29 May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. 1 Kings 11:36 I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name. 2 Samuel 7:12-13 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 2 Samuel 6:17 So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. Isaiah 60:13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet. Zechariah 2:12 And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. Psalm 78:68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. 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 48:1-2 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain. / Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King. Psalm 87:2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Matthew 5:35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Luke 1:32-33 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!” John 4:20-21 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.” / “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. Acts 7:46-47 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. / But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. 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 For the LORD The phrase begins with a direct reference to "the LORD," which in Hebrew is "Yahweh." This is the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His faithfulness to His promises. In the context of Psalm 132, it underscores the divine authority and intentionality behind the actions described. Yahweh is not a distant deity but one who is actively involved in the affairs of His people, Israel. has chosen Zion He has desired for His dwelling 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.) |