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12 If your sons keep my covenant
and the rules I teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
13 Certainly[a] the Lord has chosen Zion;
he decided to make it his home.[b]
14 He said,[c] “This will be my resting place forever;
I will live here, for I have chosen it.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:13 tn Or “for.”
  2. Psalm 132:13 tn Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”
  3. Psalm 132:14 tn The words “he said” are added in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord’s words.
  4. Psalm 132:14 tn Heb “for I desired it.”

12 If your sons keep my covenant(A)
    and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
    on your throne(B) for ever and ever.”

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion,(C)
    he has desired it for his dwelling,(D) saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;(E)
    here I will sit enthroned,(F) for I have desired it.

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