Bible Strands
Psalms 132:11
The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist declares God’s past declaration to David, situated within a broader appeal for God to remember His covenant and anointed one.
The words — נִשְׁבַּע (nish.ba') means he swore an oath, and יָשׁוּב (ya.Shuv) means he will turn back, together forming the phrase for an unrevoked promise.
The thread — This covenantal guarantee appears in 2 Samuel 7:12, Psalms 89:3, and Acts 2:30.
Why it lands — The text states God’sI have to answer now.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 7:12 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Psalms 89:3 You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:
- Acts 2:30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Psalms 110:4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:16 Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
- Hebrews 6:18 Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Luke 1:32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Luke 1:69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
- 2 Samuel 7:16 Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- Jeremiah 33:20 “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,