Psalms 132 · Verse 5

Psalms 132:5

Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
Psalms 132:5, King James Version

Psalms 132:5 in other translations

BSBuntil I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
WEBuntil I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
ASVUntil I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.
YLTTill I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.
DARBYUntil I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob....
BBETill I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
WebsterUntil I find a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

What does Psalms 132:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 132:1-5

Psa 132:1-18. The writer, perhaps Solomon (compare Psa 132:8, 9), after relating David's pious zeal for God's service, pleads for the fulfilment of the promise (2Sa 7:16), which, providing for a perpetuation of David's kingdom, involved that of God's right worship and the establishment of the greater and spiritual kingdom of David's greater Son. Of Him and His kingdom both the temple and its worship, and the kings…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 The mighty God of Jacob - עביר יעקב abir yaacob, the Mighty One of Jacob. We have this epithet of God for the first time, Gen 49:24. Hence, perhaps, the abirim of the heathen, the stout ones, the strong beings.

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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 132:5 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.

עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
אֶמְצָ֣א'em.Tza'I will findH4672
מָ֭קוֹםMa.koma placeH4725
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068
מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹתmish.ka.Notdwelling place<s>H4908
לַאֲבִ֥ירla.'a.Virfor [the] mighty one ofH46
יַעֲקֹֽב\׃ya.'a.KoJacobH3290

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 132:5

  • Ephesians 2:22

    In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

  • 2 Chronicles 2:6

    But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

  • 1 Chronicles 22:7

    And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God:

  • Acts 7:46-49

    Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. But Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

  • 2 Samuel 6:17

    And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 8:27

    But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

  • Isaiah 66:1

    Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • 1 Chronicles 15:3

    And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:12

    And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I find.
2Sa 6:17; 1Ch 15:3,12; Ac 7:46
an habitation. Heb. habitations.
1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 2:6; Isa 66:1; Ac 7:47-49; Eph 2:22
for the mighty.
2

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Context

  • Psalms 132:4

    I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

  • Psalms 132:5

    Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

  • Psalms 132:6

    Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

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Psalms 132:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hasta que halle lugar para Jehová, moradas para el Fuerte de Jacob.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Jusqu’à ce que j’aie trouvé un lieu pour l’ Éternel, des demeures pour le Puissant de Jacob!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Bis ich eine Stätte finde für Jehova, Wohnungen für den Mächtigen Jakobs!"