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Psalms 132:10
For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God in a corporate prayer, interceding for the Davidic line and the priestly community immediately before recalling God’s sworn promise to install a descendant on David’s throne.
The words — The Hebrew phrase אַל־ תָּשֵׁב (al-taShev) literally means “may not turn away,” and מְשִׁיחֶךָ (meShiCha) translates directly as “your anointed one.”
The thread — This appeal resurfaces in 2 Chronicles 6:42, where the text uses a plural form for “anointed ones,” and aligns with the Davidic covenant reminders in 1 Kings 11:12 and 1 Kings 11:34.
Why it lands — The verse instructs readers to ground their prayers in God’s historical commitments to David, demanding that divine favor be sought through covenantal faithfulness rather than human merit.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 6:42 O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
- 1 Kings 11:12 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.
- 1 Kings 11:34 Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 19:34 I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- Psalms 84:9 Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
- 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.
- Psalms 89:38 Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.