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Psalm 132:8
Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.
6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.
7“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”
8Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.
9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!
10For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
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The ark and the resting place draw attention to a shared longing in worship: for YHWH himself to dwell among his people.
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Psalm 24:7Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.Both passages anticipate God's entrance: one addresses the gates before the King of glory, the other asks the LORD to arise.
Psalm 132:14“This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.The request for the LORD to enter his resting place is answered by his declaration that he desires to live there forever.
2 Chronicles 6:41–42“Now therefore arise, LORD God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your …Both prayers ask the LORD to arise into his resting place with the ark of his strength.
Psalm 105:4Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.Both texts direct attention toward the LORD and his strength, through a prayer for his entrance and a command to seek him.
2 Chronicles 5:7The priests brought in the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the …The psalm prays for the ark to enter God's resting place; Chronicles describes priests bringing it into the inner sanctuary.
Psalm 78:61and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.Both passages speak of God's strength; Psalm 132 seeks his arrival, while Psalm 78 recounts his strength delivered into captivity.
Numbers 10:35–36When the ark went forward, Moses said, “Rise up, LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!”Both prayers ask the LORD to arise in connection with the ark, though Moses asks for enemies to scatter.
2 Samuel 6:17They brought in the LORD’s ark, and set it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace …Both passages connect the LORD's ark with a place prepared for it, with Samuel describing its arrival in David's tent.
1 Chronicles 6:31These are they whom David set over the service of song in the LORD’s house after the ark came to rest there.Both connect the ark with rest, and Chronicles locates the service of song where the ark had come to rest.
Joshua 3:14When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people,Both passages associate the ark with movement, though Joshua describes the people's departure toward the Jordan rather than arrival at a resting place.
Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your …Both concern a place associated with God's presence; the psalm seeks his entrance, while Ezekiel announces the sanctuary's profaning.
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Your desire for God's presence has a place in gathered worship. Here the worshipers ask YHWH himself to enter, with the ark that bears witness to his strength.
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