Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah, that is, at Bethlehem, where David had grown up; we found it in the fields of the wood, at Kirjath-jearim, for there the ark had been stored all these years, until David took it up to the capital.
Verse Psalms 132:6. _LO, WE HAVE HEARD OF IT AT EPHRATAH_] This may be considered as a continuation of David's vow, as if he had said: As I had determined to build a temple for the ark, and heard tha...
LO, WE HEARD OF IT AT EPHRATAH - Most probably this is the language of the contemporaries of David; or this is what they might be supposed to say; or this is what tradition reports that they did say....
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...
HEARD: i.e. while he was at Ephratah. David"s father was an Ephrathite (of Bethlehem-Ephratah. Compare Genesis 35:19. David had "heard" of it as being in Shiloh. IT: i.e. the Ark. in the fields of th...
WE FOUND, &C.— _We find it in the territory,_ or _fields of Fear._—Ver. 7. _Let us came into his abodes, let us prostrate ourselves at his footstool._ These, and the following verses, represent in so...
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
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. LO, WE HEARD OF IT AT EPHRATAH - David's words after he had so far attained his wish, that the ark had been brought up to Zion...
132:6 it (g-5) i.e. the ark. Ephratah, (h-7) Bethlehem-Judah. wood. (i-16) Or 'of Jaar,' used here poetically for Kirjath-jearim....
WE HEARD OF IT AT] i.e. the people heard the ark was at Ephratah, perhaps the district round Kirjath-jearim, where the ark stayed till a place was prepared for it in Mt. Zion: cp. 1 Chronicles 13:5. F...
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....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 132 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
LO, WE HEARD. — This verse has been pronounced inexplicable, and yet the general intention is clear. The vow in which David declared his purpose has just been quoted, and that which is now said to hav...
הִנֵּֽה ־שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָ בְ אֶפְרָ֑תָה מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָ בִּ...
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...
Lo, we heard of it at (d) Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. (d) The common instinct was that the ark should remain in Ephratah, that is, in Bethlehem a plentiful place: but later we pe...
If David king of Israel thus vowed, and thus engaged to Jehovah; surely it requires but little acquaintance with the scripture (when once the Holy Ghost hath brought us to the knowledge of David's Sur...
_THE SACRED ARK_ ‘Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.’ Psalms 132:6 In the days to which the Psalmist’s words refer the Ark provided satisfaction for certain inst...
6._Lo! we heard of it at Ephratha. _This verse is obscure, and we need not wonder at the difficulty which interpreters have felt in ascertaining its meaning. First, the relative pronoun (131) being of...
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...
LO, WE HEARD OF IT AT EPHRATAH,.... Either of the ark which David and others had heard of, that it formerly was at Shiloh, Joshua 18:1; here called Ephratah, as some think; so the Ephraimites are cal...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. Ver. 6. _Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah_] At Bethlehem Ephratah, David's birth place, there we heard of it long since by our pro...
_Lo, we have heard of it_ The ark, or of the place or habitation for the Lord last mentioned; _at Ephratah_ That is, at Shiloh, in the tribe of Ephraim, there they were told it had been, but it was go...
1-10 David bound himself to find a place for the Lord, for the ark, the token of God's presence. When work is to be done for the Lord, it is good to tie ourselves to a time. It is good in the morning...
WE HEARD OF IT; of the place or habitation for the Lord last mentioned. AT EPHRATAH; either, 1. In Bethlehem, which is called Ephratah, GENESIS 35:19, GENESIS 48:7 MICAH 5:2. So the sense is either th...
Psalms 132:6 heard H8085 (H8804) Ephrathah H672 found H4672 (H8804) fields H7704 woods H3293 at Ephratah -...
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...
_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...
_Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood._ HEARING, SEEKING, FINDING Long before David’s time, the ark of the Lord had been almost forgotten by the children of Israel. T...
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 132:6 The pilgrims come from various villages in Judah to WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL (see 1 Chronicles 28:2;...
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...
1 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 7:1;...
It — Of the ark. Ephratah — In the tribe of Ephraim, which was called also Ephratah. Found it — Afterwards we found it in Kirjath — jearim, which signifies a city of woods, in the territory whereof th...