Psalms 132:13

King James Version

For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For the Lord has chosen Zion;he has desired it for his home:

Hebrew Names Version
For the LORD has chosen Tziyon. He has desired it for his habitation.

English Standard Version
For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:

New Century Version
The Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he wants it for his home.

New English Translation
Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

Amplified Bible
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

New American Standard Bible
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it as His dwelling place.

World English Bible
For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loued to dwell in it, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh has chosen Zion;He has desired it for His habitation.

Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

Contemporary English Version
You have gladly chosen Zion as your home, our Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
For Adonai has chosen Tziyon, he has wanted it as his home.

Darby Translation
For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his dwelling:

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord has chosen Zion to be the place for his Temple, the place he wanted for his home.

George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD has been delighted with Zion; he has chosen it for his habitation.

Good News Translation
The Lord has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home:

Lexham English Bible
For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation.

Literal Translation
Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling-place.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thy children wil kepe my couenaunt, & my testimony yt I shal lerne the, their childre also shal syt vpo thy seate for euermore.

American Standard Version
For Jehovah hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for his habitation.

Bible in Basic English
For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:

King James Version (1611)
For the Lord hath chosen Zion: he hath desired it for his habitation.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For God hath chosen [to be in] Sion: he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the Lord has elected Sion, he has chosen her for a habitation for himself, saying,

English Revised Version
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For the Lord chees Sion; he chees it in to dwelling to hym silf.

Update Bible Version
For Yahweh has chosen Zion; He has desired it for his habitation.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.

New King James Version
For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:

New Living Translation
For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.

New Life Bible
For the Lord has chosen Zion. He has wanted it for a place to live:

New Revised Standard
For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For Yahweh hath chosen Zion, - He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(131-13) For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.

Revised Standard Version
For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation:

Young's Literal Translation
For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired [it] for a seat to Himself,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation.

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. ¹² If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. ¹³ For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. ¹⁴ This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. ¹⁵ I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. ¹⁶ I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. ¹⁷ There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. ¹⁸ His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Psalms 76:1, Psalms 76:2, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 78:69, Isaiah 14:32, Hebrews 12:22

he hath desired: Psalms 48:1-3, Psalms 68:16, Psalms 87:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:24 - in all places Leviticus 26:11 - I will Deuteronomy 12:5 - habitation Joshua 9:27 - in the place 2 Samuel 5:7 - Zion 1 Kings 6:13 - I will dwell 1 Kings 8:13 - a settled 1 Kings 8:16 - I chose 1 Kings 8:44 - toward the city 1 Kings 9:3 - mine eyes 1 Kings 11:13 - for Jerusalem's 1 Kings 14:21 - the city 2 Kings 21:4 - In Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house 1 Chronicles 11:5 - the castle 1 Chronicles 22:1 - This is the house 1 Chronicles 23:25 - that they may dwell in Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 5:2 - which is Zion 2 Chronicles 6:2 - I have built 2 Chronicles 6:6 - But I have chosen Jerusalem 2 Chronicles 7:12 - have chosen 2 Chronicles 30:8 - which he hath 2 Chronicles 32:19 - the God 2 Chronicles 33:7 - God had said Ezra 6:12 - caused Psalms 2:6 - my Psalms 3:4 - his Psalms 9:11 - which Psalms 24:3 - the hill Psalms 43:3 - thy holy Psalms 68:18 - that Psalms 74:2 - this mount Psalms 122:4 - Whither Psalms 125:1 - be as mount Psalms 135:21 - which dwelleth Isaiah 18:4 - I will Isaiah 25:10 - in this Isaiah 65:11 - my holy Jeremiah 17:25 - and this Lamentations 1:6 - all Ezekiel 23:4 - Aholibah Ezekiel 35:10 - whereas Habakkuk 2:20 - the Lord Haggai 1:8 - and I will take Zechariah 1:17 - choose Matthew 23:21 - and by John 4:20 - and ye Revelation 14:1 - mount

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord hath chosen Zion,.... Not only to build upon it the temple in a literal sense, and for the place of his worship; but also for the seat of his majesty, and over which he has set his Son as King; and all this from the love he bears to Zion, which, in a figurative and spiritual sense, is his church; whom he has chosen to privileges, to grace and glory, and for his service and honour; see

Psalms 78:67;

he hath desired [it] for his habitation; heaven is the habitation of his holiness and glory; Christ is his dwelling place, in whom all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily: yet his desire is to his church and people; his heart is set upon them, and upon their salvation; his delight is in them, and he takes pleasure in walking with them, and dwelling among them; they being built up an habitation for God through the Spirit; see Psalms 68:16.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the Lord hath chosen Zion - He has selected it as the place where he will abide; the seat of his religion. This is a new plea or argument, and shows that the psalm had reference to Zion or Jerusalem, as then in danger, or as having been in danger. See the notes at Psalms 48:1-2.

He hath desired it for his habitation - A place where to abide. Its had selected this as the permanent place of his worship.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 132:13. The Lord hath chosen Zion — Therefore neither Shiloh nor Kirjath-jearim is the place of his rest.