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Psalms 132:11

David

9 May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

10 For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

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.”

13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

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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.

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BSB
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
KJV
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.
WEB
The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
ASV
Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
DARBY
Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;
BLB
YHWH has sworn [in] truth of David; He will not turn back from it: “I will set one from the fruit of your belly on the throne of yours.
ÅB
Herren har svoret David en sann ed, som han ikke vil gå fra: Av ditt livs frukt vil jeg sette konger på din trone;
OTB
Herren har gitt David et løfte,
en sannhet han ikke vil tilbakekalle:
«Jeg vil sette en av dine etterkommere
på din trone.
B1930
Herren har svoret David en sann ed, som han ikke vil gå fra: Av ditt livs frukt vil jeg sette konger på din trone;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 7:12

    And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

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  • Acts 2:30

    But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

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  • Psalms 89:3–4

    You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:

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  • Psalms 110:4

    The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:16

    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

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  • Hebrews 6:18

    Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

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  • Luke 1:69–70

    He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,

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  • Luke 1:32

    He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

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