Psalms 132 · Verse 10

Psalms 132:10

For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
Psalms 132:10, King James Version

Psalms 132:10 in other translations

BSBFor the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
WEBFor your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
ASVFor thy servant David’s sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.
YLTFor the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.
DARBYFor thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.
BBEBecause of your servant David, do not give up your king.
WebsterFor thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thy anointed.

What does Psalms 132:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 132:10-12
10-12. For thy servant David's sake--that is, On account of the promise made to him. turn ... anointed--Repulse not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate his royal line. After reciting the promise, substantially from 2Sa 7:12-16 (compare Ac 2:30, &c.), an additional plea,

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 The face of thine anointed - David. Remember thy promises to him, that he may be restored to thee and to thy worship.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 132:1-10

David bound himself to find a place for the Lord, for the ark, the token of God's presence. When work is to be done for the Lord, it is good to tie ourselves to a time. It is good in the morning to fix upon work for the day, with submission to Providence, for we know not what a day may bring forth. And we should first, and without delay, seek to have our own hearts made a habitation of God through the Spirit. He…

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Psalms 132:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּ֭עֲבוּרBa.'a.vurfor sake ofH5668
דָּוִ֣דda.VidDavidH1732
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ'av.De.khaservant yourH5650
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תָּ֝שֵׁ֗בta.Shevyou turn awayH7725
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ\׃me.shi.Che.khaanointed yourH4899

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Cross references for Psalms 132:10

  • 2 Chronicles 6:42

    O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

  • 1 Kings 11:12-13

    Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

  • 2 Kings 19:34

    For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • Hosea 3:5

    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.

  • Psalms 84:9

    Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

  • 1 Kings 11:34

    Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

  • 1 Kings 15:4-5

    Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  • Psalms 89:38-39

    But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy servant.
1Ki 11:12,13,34; 15:4,5; 2Ki 19:34; Ho 3:5
turn not.
84:9; 89:38,39; 2Ch 6:42

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Context

  • Psalms 132:9

    Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

  • Psalms 132:10

    For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

  • Psalms 132:11

    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.

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Psalms 132:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por amor de David tu siervo no vuelvas de tu ungido el rostro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		À cause de David, ton serviteur, ne repousse pas la face de ton oint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Um Davids, deines Knechtes, willen weise nicht ab das Angesicht deines Gesalbten!