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Psalm 132:14
“This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.
12If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
13For the LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
14“This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.
15I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
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The word “forever” gives weight to God’s choice of Zion: his dwelling there rests on his own desire to make it home.
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Psalm 132:8Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.The prayer asks the LORD to enter his resting place; verse 14 declares his desire to dwell there forever.
Psalm 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.Both passages describe God’s attachment to Zion, speaking of his love for its gates and his desire to dwell there.
1 Kings 8:13I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.”Both passages speak of a dwelling for God with the word “forever,” one describing the built house and one declaring God’s desire.
Psalm 135:21Blessed be the LORD from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!Both passages name God’s dwelling in Zion, with Psalm 135 turning that truth into praise.
Psalm 76:2His tabernacle is also in Salem. His dwelling place in Zion.Both passages identify Zion as God’s dwelling place, while Psalm 132 also speaks of his desire to remain.
Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”God’s presence in Zion links these passages: the psalm declares his dwelling, and Isaiah urges its inhabitant to shout.
Isaiah 8:18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.Both passages locate the LORD’s dwelling in Zion, with Isaiah naming him as the LORD of Armies.
Zephaniah 3:17The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with …Both passages speak of God’s presence with his people, describing his desire for Zion and his joy over those among whom he lives.
2 Chronicles 7:16For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.Both passages join God’s choice of a dwelling with lasting commitment, using “forever” to describe that commitment.
Isaiah 11:10It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.Both use “resting place,” though Isaiah speaks of the root of Jesse and the psalm speaks of God’s dwelling in Zion.
Matthew 23:21He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.Both passages speak of God inhabiting a place, with Matthew naming the temple and the psalm identifying Zion in its context.
Ephesians 2:22in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.Both speak of a habitation for God: Zion in the psalm’s context, and people built together in the Spirit in Ephesians.
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God speaks of Zion with purpose and desire. His words give you firm ground for praise: he has chosen this dwelling and declares his intent to remain.
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