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Psalm 132

Psa. 132:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thisa is my rest
mnuwchah (Hebrew #4496)
feminine of 4495; repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
KJV usage: comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.
Pronounce: men-oo-khaw'
Origin: or mnuchah {men-oo-khaw'}
for ever
`ad (Hebrew #5703)
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
KJV usage: eternity, ever(- lasting, -more), old, perpetually, + world without end.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: from 5710
: here will I dwell
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
; for I have desired
'avah (Hebrew #183)
to wish for
KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Pronounce: aw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 68:16• 16Why do ye look with envy, ye many-peaked mountains, upon the mount that God hath desired for his abode? yea, Jehovah will dwell there for ever. (Psa. 68:16)

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my rest.
Psa. 132:8• 8Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength. (Psa. 132:8)
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Isa. 11:10• 10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory. (Isa. 11:10)
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Isa. 66:1• 1Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
here will.
Psa. 68:18• 18Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts in Man, and even for the rebellious, for the dwelling there of Jah Elohim. (Psa. 68:18)
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Psa. 76:2• 2And in Salem is his tent, and his dwelling-place in Zion. (Psa. 76:2)
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Psa. 135:21• 21Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem! Hallelujah! (Psa. 135:21)
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1 Kings 8:13,27• 13I have indeed built a house of habitation for thee, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
 27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (1 Kings 8:13,27)
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Isa. 8:18• 18Behold, I and the children that Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion. (Isa. 8:18)
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Isa. 12:6• 6Cry out and shout, thou inhabitress of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. (Isa. 12:6)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Joel 3:21• 21And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion. (Joel 3:21)
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Eph. 2:22• 22in whom *ye* also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. (Eph. 2:22)
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Heb. 12:22• 22but ye have come to mount Zion; and to the city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, (Heb. 12:22)
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Rev. 21:23• 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. (Rev. 21:23)
for I have.
Psa. 87:2• 2Jehovah loveth the gates of Zion more than all the habitations of Jacob. (Psa. 87:2)
• {v.14-16} “This is my rest.” And faith looks at all connected with it, priests and saints as God's— “thy priests” and “thy saints.” (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 132-134” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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This is my rest for ever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.