Psalms 132:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.
Webster's Revision
Until I find a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
World English Bible
until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
English Revised Version (ERV)
Until I find out a place for the LORD, a tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.
Clarke's Psalms 132:5 Bible Commentary
The mighty God of Jacob - עביר יעקב abir yaacob, the Mighty One of Jacob. We have this epithet of God for the first time, Genesis 49:24. Hence, perhaps, the abirim of the heathen, the stout ones, the strong beings.
Barnes's Psalms 132:5 Bible Commentary
Until I find out a place for the Lord - A place for the ark of God; a place where it may constantly and safely remain. The symbol of the divine presence rested on the mercy-seat, the cover of the ark, and hence, this was represented as the seat or the house of God.
An habitation for the mighty God of Jacob - Hebrew, "For the mighty One of Jacob." The reference is to a permanent dwelling-place for the ark. It had been moved from place to place. There was no house appropriated to it, or reared expressly for it, and David resolved to provide such a house - at first, a tent or tabernacle on Mount Zion - and then, a more spacious and magnificent structure, the temple. The latter he was not permitted to build, though the purpose was in his heart.
Wesley's Psalms 132:5 Bible Commentary
132:5 Until - Until I have raised an house in which the ark may be put.
