For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. As Zion's welfare is inseparably associated with David's throne, Yahweh's choice of Zion as His seat involves as a consequence the restoration of David's race and kingdom, through which He shall then impart Salvation to His people (Psalms 48:1).
Verse Psalms 132:13. _THE LORD HATH CHOSEN ZION_] Therefore neither _Shiloh_ nor _Kirjath-jearim_ is the place of his rest....
FOR THE LORD HATH CHOSEN ZION - He has selected it as the place where he will abide; the seat of his religion. This is a new plea or argument, and shows that the psalm had reference to Zion or Jerusal...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXXII. DAVID'S ZEAL AND ITS REWARD. Psalms 132:1. David's oath to find a worthy abode for the Ark in which Yahweh dwelt. Psalms 132:1_ b_. AFFLICTION: rather pains, _i.e._ the pains he took to find...
ZION. See App-68. HIS HABITATION. His dwelling. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6)....
_For the Lord hath chosen Zion_ The permanence of the Davidic kingdom is based upon the Divine choice of Zion. Here, as in Psalms 78:67 ff., the choice of Zion is regarded as antecedent to the choice...
Jehovah's answer to the prayer with which the Psalm begins. He will remember David, for He has chosen Zion to be His abode, and He will bless her people and her priests, and restore the power and pros...
DISCOURSE: 726 ZION A TYPE OF THE CHURCH Psalms 132:13. _The Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. I will a...
PSALMS 132 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Davidic Dynasty Humbled and Exalted. ANALYSIS Stanza, Psalms 132:1-10, Prayer by the Typical Messiah. Anti-Stanza, Psalms 132:11-18, Promise for the Anti
This is the most difficult of the Pilgrim Songs. According to accepted literary criticism it must be a post-exilic Ps. The Temple worship has been restored. The days of David are in the distant past....
This is the keynote of the Ps....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 132 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
ZION. — The dynasty of David and the location of the sanctuary at Zion are intimately associated, as in Psalms 78:67. (Comp. Psalms 122:4.)...
כִּֽי ־בָחַ֣ר יְהוָ֣ה בְּ צִיֹּ֑ון אִ֝וָּ֗הּ...
Psalms 132:1 THE continuance of "the sure mercies of David" to his descendants for his sake is first besought from God, and is then promised, for his sake, by God Himself, speaking in the singer's spi...
THE LORD'S BLESSING UPON ZION Psalms 132:1-18 This psalm evidently dates from the dedication of Solomon's temple. In the glory of completion God never forgets the toils and anxieties of the builde...
The pilgrims stand at the very entrance of the Holy City, and their song is one of strong desire, and equally strong confidence. In the first part the desire is expressed (vv. Psa 132:1-10). It is for...
ALL these very precious promises, prayers, and praises, will find an easy explanation from the view of the scriptures just referred to, as well as other portions of the divine word, which come in to o...
13._Seeing that Jehovah has chosen Zion. _By coupling the kingdom with the priesthood and sanctuary service, he declares it still more emphatically to have been of divine and not human appointment. Th...
Psalms 132 is, in some respects, a very interesting psalm. It is the restoration of the ark of the covenant to its resting-place, and the promises of Jehovah, in answer to the supplication of His serv...
FOR THE LORD HATH CHOSEN ZION,.... Not only to build upon it the temple in a literal sense, and for the place of his worship; but also for the seat of his majesty, and over which he has set his Son as...
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation. Ver. 13. _For the Lord hath chosen Zion_] He chose it for his love; and loved it for his choice....
_For the Lord hath chosen Zion_ Taken either for the whole mountain, whereof Zion and Moriah were two parts, or for Jerusalem, which was, in a great part, built upon mount Zion, whence it is often cal...
PRAYER FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD AND THE HOUSE OF DAVID. A song of degrees, showing that the mercies of God, so richly promised to David, 2 Samuel 7:12, would find their real fulfilment in the Messiah, th...
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation, for the prosperity of the kingdom was closely connected with that of the Church, the capital and the Sanctuary therefore being in...
11-18 The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest, and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he should speak thus concerning his church! It is h...
ZION; not strictly, but largely taken; either for the whole mountain, whereof Zion and Moriah were two parts or tops; or for Jerusalem, which was in a great part built upon Mount Zion, whence it is of...
Psalms 132:13 LORD H3068 chosen H977 (H8804) Zion H6726 desired H183 (H8765) place H4186 the Lord -...
Psalms 132 This Psalm is plainly a hymn for the consecration of the Temple. We may call it the song of the builders. In its first portion, extending to the close of the seventh verse, the Church plea...
A Song of Degrees. Psalms 132:1. _LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions._ God had entered into an everlasting covenant with David, « ordered in all things and sure,» and in this Psalm either...
This Psalm is a prayer and pleading of the covenant, such a prayer as might have been offered by Solomon at the opening of the Temple, or by any of the descendants of David, either in their times of j...
CONTENTS: A pleading of the divine covenant and its promises. CHARACTERS: God, David, Christ. CONCLUSION: Those who have the immutable promises of God for their foundation stand upon a sure rock. Go...
This psalm is justly ascribed to David. It recites his vow to seek out a place of rest for the ark of the Lord; and the song of praise and prayer on its removal from Kirjath-jearim. Psalms 132:6. _Eph...
_For the Lord hath chosen Zion._ GOD’S CHOICE OF ZION He giveth a reason for the absolute promise of Christ’s coming to rule the spiritual kingdom of Israel, or the Church, because the Lord had chos...
_Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions._ THE HOUSE OF GOD This psalm was probably composed on the occasion of the installation of the ark in the place provided for it in the temple. Solomon...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 132:1. The theme of this royal psalm is God’s covenant with David’s house to establish the dynasty for the good of the people and, eventually, of the whole world ...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 132:11 SWORE TO DAVID. This promise is God’s answer to the prayer of vv. Psalms 132:8. God promised to preserve the dynasty, and expects th
INTRODUCTION The author of this Psalm and the occasion upon which it was composed are both unknown. The opinion of M. Henry, Perowne, and others, is that it was composed for the dedication of Solomon’...
EXPOSITION This present "Song of Ascents" is well suited to be a "pilgrim-song"—sung by those who went up to Jerusalem to visit the temple, and revivify their faith in the God who had chosen Zion for...
LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; I will...
Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 14:32; Psalms 48:1; Psalms 68:16; Psalms 87:2;