Psalms 132:10
8 Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
11 The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
12 If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
- KJV
- For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
- WEB
- For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
- ASV
- For thy servant David`s sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.
- DARBY
- For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.
- BLB
- For the sake of David Your servant, do not turn away the face of Your anointed one.
- ÅB
- For Davids, din tjeners skyld vise du ikke din salvedes åsyn tilbake!
- OTB
- For din tjener Davids skyld,
avvis ikke din salvedes ansikt. - B1930
- For Davids, din tjeners skyld vise du ikke din salvedes åsyn tilbake!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 6:42
O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
Read in context1 Kings 11:12–13
Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
Read in context2 Kings 19:34
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Read in contextHosea 3:5
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
Read in contextPsalms 84:9
Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
Read in context1 Kings 11:34
Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
Read in context1 Kings 15:4–5
Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
Read in contextPsalms 89:38–39
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
Read in context