TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. App-67. LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. REMEMBER DAVID. remember for David: i.e. remember to fulfill the promises made to him. DAVID. Hezekiah remembers David, and puts Jehovah in remembrance of him. ALL HIS AFFLICTIONS. all his being afflicted: all his anxi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MIGHTY [GOD] OF JACOB. The mighty One to Whom Jacob vowed his vow. Title occurs outside the Pentateuch, only here, and Genesis 49:24; Isaiah 1:24 (Israel); Psa 49:26. Psa 60:16. Note the Figure of speech _Epistrophe_ (App-6) for emphasis in Psalms 132:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL NOT COME. Note the Figure of speech _Periphrases_ (App-6) in verses: Psalms 132:4; Psalms 132:5. TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _'ohel._ App-40. Compare Acts 7:46. OF. Genitive of Apposition. "the Tent: i.e. my house". The emphasis. my own house. BED. couch.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HABITATION. Plural of Majesty. Hebrew. _mishkan_ (App-40.)... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the wood. at Jaar's fields: i.e. Kirjath-jearim (1 Chronicles 13:5.)... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLES. the plural of Majesty. His great habitation. Hebrew. _Mishkan._ App-40. FOOTSTOOL. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). [and will say] "Arise,. LORD". &c. This is what Solomon did say in 2 Chronicles 6:41, see Psalms 68:1 (and note there), according to Numbers 10:35.Psalms 132:8; Psalms 132:8 record what David said. THE ARK OF THY STRENGTH. Occurs only here and 2 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
SAINTS . favoured ones.shout for joy. That is exactly what they did. See the subscription of Psalms 87 and note there on "Mahalath-Leannoth".... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE ANOINTED. i.e. David. Not "Zerubbabel", no such oath made to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH SWORN. See 2 Samuel 7:8. IN TRUTH. a truth. OF THE FRUIT OF THY BODY. This was what Hezekiah was concerned about; for he as yet had no son, and was in danger of death. Hence this pleading of Jehovah's oath to David. Quoted in Acts 2:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. MY TESTIMONY. Hebrew. "this My testimony". Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "[these] my testimonies" (plural) CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZION. See App-68. HIS HABITATION. His dwelling. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
HER: i.e. Zion's. POOR. needy ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HORN OF DAVID. a horn for David. TO BUD: i.e. to bring forth: viz.. son and heir. See App-67. LAMP. According to Genesis 15:17. and note there.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS CROWN: i.e. his royal crown.... [ Continue Reading ]