Psalm 132:8
New International Version
Arise, LORD, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.

New Living Translation
Arise, O LORD, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.

English Standard Version
Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.

Berean Standard Bible
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

King James Bible
Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

New King James Version
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

New American Standard Bible
Arise, LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

NASB 1995
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

NASB 1977
Arise, O LORD, to Thy resting place; Thou and the ark of Thy strength.

Legacy Standard Bible
Arise, O Yahweh, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

Amplified Bible
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.

Christian Standard Bible
Rise up, LORD, come to your resting place, you and your powerful ark.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Rise up, LORD, come to Your resting place, You and Your powerful ark.

American Standard Version
Arise, O Jehovah, into thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of thy strength.

Contemporary English Version
Come to your new home, LORD, you and the sacred chest with all its power.

English Revised Version
Arise, O LORD, into thy resting place; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD, arise, and come to your resting place with the ark of your power.

Good News Translation
Come to the Temple, LORD, with the Covenant Box, the symbol of your power, and stay here forever.

International Standard Version
Arise, LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength.

Majority Standard Bible
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

NET Bible
Ascend, O LORD, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!

New Heart English Bible
Arise, LORD, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength.

Webster's Bible Translation
Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

World English Bible
Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Arise, O YHWH, to Your rest, "" You, and the Ark of Your strength,

Young's Literal Translation
Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength,

Smith's Literal Translation
Arise, O Jehovah, to thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Rise up, O Lord, into your resting place. You and the ark of your sanctification.

New American Bible
“Arise, LORD, come to your resting place, you and your mighty ark.

New Revised Standard Version
Rise up, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Arise. O LORD, enter into the place of thy rest, thou, and the ark of thy strength.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Arise, LORD JEHOVAH, to your rest, you and the ark of your might!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thine holiness.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Remember David's Affliction
7Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool. 8Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. 9May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:41
Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

Numbers 10:35
Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

1 Kings 8:6
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

1 Samuel 4:4
So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

2 Samuel 6:2
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

Exodus 25:22
And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

1 Chronicles 28:2
Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

1 Kings 8:11
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

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.

1 Chronicles 15:1
David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

1 Chronicles 16:1
So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

Isaiah 66:1
This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

Hebrews 9:4
containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

Revelation 11:19
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Acts 7:44-45
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. / And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,


Treasury of Scripture

Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength.

arise

Psalm 68:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

Numbers 10:35,36
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee…

2 Chronicles 6:41,42
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness…

the ark

Psalm 78:61
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

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Psalm 132
1. David in his prayer commends unto God the reverent care he had for the ark
8. His prayer at the removing of the ark
11. With a repetition of God's promises














Arise, O LORD
This phrase is a call to action, invoking the presence and power of God. The Hebrew word for "Arise" is "קוּם" (qum), which is often used in the Old Testament to signify God taking action or intervening in human affairs. This invocation is reminiscent of the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, where the Ark of the Covenant would set out, and Moses would say, "Rise up, O LORD!" (Numbers 10:35). It is a plea for God to manifest His presence and power in a tangible way, reflecting a deep trust in His ability to act on behalf of His people.

and come to Your resting place
The "resting place" refers to the sanctuary or the temple, which is the dwelling place of God among His people. The Hebrew word "מְנוּחָה" (menuchah) implies a place of rest, tranquility, and peace. Historically, this is significant as it points to the Ark of the Covenant being brought to Jerusalem by King David, symbolizing God's presence and favor resting upon the city and the nation. Spiritually, it speaks to the ultimate rest found in God's presence, a theme echoed in the New Testament where believers find rest in Christ (Matthew 11:28-30).

You and the ark of Your strength
The "ark of Your strength" refers to the Ark of the Covenant, which was the most sacred object in the Israelite religion, representing God's covenant with His people and His mighty power. The Hebrew word for "strength" is "עֹז" (oz), denoting might, power, and refuge. The Ark was not only a symbol of God's presence but also of His strength and protection. In a broader theological context, this phrase underscores the belief in God's omnipotence and His role as a protector and sustainer of His people. The Ark, as a type of Christ, foreshadows the ultimate manifestation of God's strength and presence in the person of Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of the covenant and the embodiment of divine power and salvation.

(8-10) These are the words which the chronicler (2Chronicles 6:41-42) puts into Solomon's mouth at the dedication of the Temple. Some think that they are there only as a quotation from this psalm, but the mode in which the words are here introduced points the other way. The psalmist does not at his distance from the events distinguish between David and Solomon. He merges the executor of the work in the projector; and in honour of the second Temple it is as natural for him to take up words used at the actual dedication of the first as it was to refer to the original purpose in David's mind. All is blended together in the long perspective of poetry. As to the form of the words, they are of course themselves a reminiscence of the ancient battle-cry of the nation when the Ark set forward on the march. (See Psalm 68:1, Note.) The mention of the Ark does not definitely dispose of the Maccabaean theory of this psalm, though it doubtless must weigh against it. The quotation may have been adopted generally without meaning literal correspondence between all the circumstances--just as the battle-cry had become merely a religious formula--or, as Lightfoot and Prideaux suggest (see Prideaux, Connection, i. 141), there may have been an ark made for the second Temple in imitation of the original.

(8) Ark of thy strength.--See the reference in Chronicles. The expression occurs nowhere else but in Psalm 78:61, where the word strength by itself denotes the ark. The technical word ark nowhere else occurs in the psalms. For strength the LXX. and Vulg. have "sanctification."

Verse 8. - Arise, O Lord, into thy rest. Another transfer, but into the place of final "rest." The words are a quotation from 2 Chronicles 8:41, and were uttered originally by Solomon at the close of his long dedication prayer. Thou, and the ark of thy strength. The quotation continues. God is regarded as entering the temple, and taking possession of it, in and with the ark.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Arise,
קוּמָ֣ה (qū·māh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

O LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

to Your resting place,
לִמְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ (lim·nū·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4496: Repose, peacefully, consolation, an abode

You
אַ֝תָּ֗ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

and the ark
וַאֲר֥וֹן (wa·’ă·rō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 727: A chest, ark

of Your strength.
עֻזֶּֽךָ׃ (‘uz·ze·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5797: Strength, might


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