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Quotation
Later text
Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness. O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
Earlier text
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy. For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
Psalm 132:8-10 and 2 Chronicles 6:41-42 share nearly identical language in Solomon's temple dedication prayer: "arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place... May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation... Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David." The Chronicler's version (2 Chr 6:41-42) appears to quote Psalm 132:8-10 almost verbatim, or both draw from the same liturgical tradition. The shared vocabulary — "arise" (קוּמָה), "resting place" (מְנוּחָה), "priests clothed with" — indicates that Psalm 132 functioned as a temple dedication liturgy. The quotation in Chronicles anchors the psalm historically to Solomon's consecration of the First Temple. Notably, the Chronicler's quotation replaces the Exodus-focused conclusion of Solomon's parallel prayer in 1 Kings 8:51-53, redirecting the prayer's climax toward the Davidic covenant and the ark's arrival at its promised resting place.