Psalms 132:10 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 132:10

For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For thy servant David’s sake - Because of the promise made to him; because of the zeal which he has shown in securing a place for the ark. Let it not be in vain that he has shown such a regard to the honor of God; let not the promises made to him fail. Such a prayer is proper now.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Righteousness is the best ornament of a minister. Holiness towards God, and goodness towards all men, are habits for ministers of the necessity of which there is no dispute. "They are thy priests, and will therefore discredit their relation to thee if they be not clothed with righteousness. " 3.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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,

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּ֭עֲבוּר	Ba.'a.vur	forsake of	H5668 →
דָּוִ֣ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ	'av.De.kha	servant your	H5650 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תָּ֝שֵׁ֗ב	ta.Shev	you turn away	H7725 →
פְּנֵ֣י	pe.Nei	[the] face of	H6440 →
מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃	me.shi.Che.kha	anointed your	H4899 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 19:34
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:12–13
  Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
- 2 Kings 20:6
  I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for…
- 1 Kings 15:4
  Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.
Through
Hosea 3:5
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
leads to
- Jeremiah 50:4–5
  “In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
- Jeremiah 30:9
  Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
- Ezekiel 34:23–24
  I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- Isaiah 2:2
  In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to…
Through
Psalms 84:9
Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
leads to
- Psalms 2:2
  The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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The Covenants

Six covenants in succession, cumulative rather than replacing. Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, New. Each narrowing the line of promise while widening the scope of fulfillment.

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