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Psalm 132:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
Psalm 132:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 Nor suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber,
5 Until I find out a place for the [a]Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it in [b]Ephrathah, and found it in the fields of the forest.
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- Psalm 132:5 That is, the Ark, which was a sign of God’s presence.
- Psalm 132:6 The common bruit was that the Ark should remain in Ephrathah, that is, in Bethlehem a plentiful place: but after we perceived that thou wouldest place it in Jerusalem, which was barren as a forest, and compassed about only with hills.
Psalm 132:4-6
New International Version
Psalm 132:4-6
New International Version
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 till I find a place(A) for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 132:6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. (See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)
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