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Psalms 132:8

132:7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

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Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.

Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength.

132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

What does Psalms 132:8 mean?

Psalms 132:8 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קוּם (qûwm), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), מְנוּחָה (mᵉnûwchâh).

Hebrew interlinear

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Arise,קוּםqûwm/koom/H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
O
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
into
thy
rest;מְנוּחָהmᵉnûwchâh/men-oo-khaw'/H4496repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
thou,
and
the
arkאָרוֹןʼârôwn/aw-rone'/H727a box
of
thy
strength.עֹזʻôz/oze/H5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 132:8.

Numbers 10:33

And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

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What does Psalms 132:8 say?

Psalms 132:8 (King James Version) reads: "Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength."

Is Psalms 132:8 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 132:8 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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