1 A Song of the going up. Lord, give thought to David, and to all his troubles; 2 How he made an oath to the Lord, and gave his word to the great God of Jacob, saying, 3 Truly, I will not come into my house, or go to my bed, 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs, 5 Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob. 6 We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood. 7 Let us go into his tent; let us give worship at his feet. 8 Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the ark of your strength. 9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints give cries of joy. 10 Because of your servant David, do not give up your king. 11 The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body. 12 If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever. 13 For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire. 15 My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be full of bread. 16 Her priests will be clothed with salvation; and her saints will give cries of joy. 17 There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king. 18 His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining.
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Psalm 132 Bible in Basic English
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 120:1; Psalm 129:1; Psalm 121:1; Psalm 126:1; Lamentations 5:1
- 2 Genesis 49:24; Psalm 65:1; Isaiah 60:16; Psalm 66:13–14; Psalm 132:5
- 3 Haggai 1:4; Matthew 6:33; Ecclesiastes 9:10
- 4 Proverbs 6:4; Ruth 3:18; Genesis 24:33
- 5 Ephesians 2:22; 2 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Chronicles 22:7; Acts 7:46–49; 2 Samuel 6:17
- 6 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 7:1; Micah 5:2; 1 Chronicles 13:5–6; Genesis 35:19
- 7 Psalm 99:5; Psalm 5:7; Lamentations 2:1; Psalm 122:1; Psalm 118:19
- 8 2 Chronicles 6:41–42; Psalm 68:1; Numbers 10:35–36; Psalm 78:61
- 9 Job 29:14; Revelation 19:8; Zechariah 9:9; Isaiah 61:10; 1 Peter 5:5
- 10 2 Chronicles 6:42; 1 Kings 11:12–13; 2 Kings 19:34; Hosea 3:5; Psalm 84:9
- 11 2 Samuel 7:12; Acts 2:30; Psalm 89:3–4; Psalm 110:4; 2 Chronicles 6:16
- 12 Luke 1:32–33; Isaiah 59:21; Acts 2:30; Psalm 89:30–35; Psalm 115:14
- 13 Hebrews 12:22; Psalm 78:68–69; Psalm 68:16; Psalm 87:2; Psalm 76:1–2
- 14 Psalm 132:8; 1 Kings 8:13; Psalm 76:2; Psalm 87:2; Isaiah 12:6
- 15 Psalm 147:14; Leviticus 26:4–5; Proverbs 3:9–10; Mark 8:6–9; 2 Corinthians 9:10–11
- 16 2 Chronicles 6:41; Psalm 132:9; Isaiah 61:10; John 16:24; Zechariah 9:15–17
- 17 Luke 1:69; Ezekiel 29:21; 2 Chronicles 21:7; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 15:4
- 18 Psalm 35:26; Job 8:22; Luke 1:32–33; Psalm 21:8–9; Matthew 28:18
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
In this Psalm, the humility of one that is a servant of God and faithful is commended unto us, by whose voice it is sung; which is the whole body of Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy seat." And again: "In Judea is God known; His place has been made in peace, and His dwelling in Zion." Therefore there is one and the same God, who was proclaimed by the prophets and announced by the Gospel; and His Son, who was of the fruit of David's …
For you find God in the Psalms saying to David, "Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy seat." Here then He is the Son of David.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
But His forefather David was not ignorant of Him, when he said, I have ordained a lamp for mine Anointed: which lamp some have interpreted to be the brightness of Prophecy, others the flesh which He took upon Him from the Virgin, according to the Apostle's word, But we have this treasure in earthen vessels.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
In the words of David, the father of God, We shall go into His tabernacles, we shall worship at the place where His feet stood.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)