1 A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember unto David all his affliction; 2 How he swore unto the LORD, and vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob: 3 'Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, nor go up into the bed that is spread for me; 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids; 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.' 6 Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood. 7 Let us go into His dwelling-place; let us worship at His footstool. 8 Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength. 9 Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy. 10 For Thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of Thine anointed. 11 The LORD swore unto David in truth; He will not turn back from it: 'Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. 12 If thy children keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.' 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation: 14 'This is My resting-place for ever; here will I dwell; for I have desired it. 15 I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty. 16 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 17 There will I make a horn to shoot up unto David, there have I ordered a lamp for Mine anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine.'
Psalm 132 JPS Tanakh (1917)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
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)