INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 132 A SONG OF DEGREES. Some think this psalm was written by Solomon, since Psalms 132:8, are much the same with which he concluded his prayer at the dedication of the temple, 2 Chronicles 6:41; on account of which it is supposed to be written; though he might borrow these word... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, REMEMBER DAVID, [AND] ALL HIS AFFLICTIONS. Which prayer might be put up by David on his own account, as Nehemiah does, Ne 13:22; and be considered as a petition to the Lord that he would remember his mercy and lovingkindness to him, and him with the favour he bears to his own people, as he el... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW HE SWARE UNTO THE LORD, [AND] VOWED UNTO THE MIGHTY [GOD] OF JACOB. Whom Jacob called so, Genesis 49:24; and to whom he vowed a vow, and is the first we read of that did make one, and it was concerning the house of God, Genesis 28:17; and who had an experience of the might and power of God in pr... [ Continue Reading ]
SURELY I WILL NOT COME INTO THE TABERNACLE OF MY HOUSE,.... The new house and palace David built for himself after he came to the throne, made of cedar, 2 Samuel 5:11; not that he should never enter into it till he had found a dwelling for God, but that he should not go into it with pleasure till th... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL NOT GIVE SLEEP TO MINE EYES, [OR] SLUMBER TO MINE EYELIDS. Not that he never would or did take any sleep till this thing was brought about he had so much at heart; but that he could not and would not suffer himself to sleep comfortably and quietly because of it. Aben Ezra interprets it of sle... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL I FIND A PLACE FOR THE LORD,.... To build a house on for the Lord; which it seems was unknown till the times of David; for though mention had been made of a place the Lord would choose to cause his name to dwell in, yet the particular place was not pointed out, Deuteronomy 12:11. David was ve... [ Continue Reading ]
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 called Ephrathites, Judges 12:5; and Elkanah of Ramathaimzophim, of Mount Ephraim, is said to be an Eph... [ Continue Reading ]
WE WILL GO INTO HIS TABERNACLES,.... The tabernacles of him that was heard of at Ephratah; born in Bethlehem, and found in the ministry of the word among the Gentiles: enter into his churches, raised and formed there, which are the tabernacles or dwelling places of Christ; where he has his residence... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE, O LORD, INTO THY REST,.... Which words, and what follow, were used by Solomon at the dedication of the temple; and with which he concluded his prayer, 2 Chronicles 6:41; and so may be a request to the Lord, that he would take up his residence in the temple built for him, where he would have a... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THY PRIESTS BE CLOTHED WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... In 2 Chronicles 6:41; it is, "with salvation", as in Psalms 132:16. Either the ministers of the word; who may be said to be clothed with righteousness when they perform their work righteously, and faithfully dispense the word, keep back nothing that... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THY SERVANT DAVID'S SAKE,.... Not for any virtues, or excellencies or merits, of David, literally understood; rather for the sake of the covenant and promises made with him: but for the sake of the antitypical David, the Messiah, the son of David according to the flesh, and the servant of the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD HATH SWORN [IN] TRUTH UNTO DAVID,.... By Nathan the prophet; when he assured him that his house, kingdom, and throne, should be established for ever, 2 Samuel 7:5; and though there is no mention made of the oath of God, no doubt there was one; or however his word was his oath, as Kimchi obs... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THY CHILDREN WILL KEEP MY COVENANT, AND MY TESTIMONY THAT I SHALL TEACH THEM,.... The former part of the promise and oath is absolute, respecting the Messiah; but this is conditional, and relates to the seed of David, both immediate, and in succeeding generations; proposing their observance of th... [ Continue Reading ]
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 King; and all this from the love he bears to Zion, which, in a figurative and spiritual sense, is h... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS [IS] MY REST FOR EVER,.... The rest of my majesty, as the Targum; the place of his rest: and this being for ever shows that not Mount Zion literally, nor the temple, are meant; but the church and people of God, in whom he rests in his love, and rejoices over with joy; who are the objects of his... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL ABUNDANTLY BLESS HER PROVISION,.... The provision of Zion, the church of God, the word and ordinances, of which Christ is the sum and substance; the Gospel is milk for babes, and meat for strong men; the ordinances are a feast of fat things; Christ's flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL ALSO CLOTHE HER PRIESTS WITH SALVATION,.... With the garments of salvation, as the Targum; in answer to the petition, Psalms 132:9; but more is promised than prayed for, "salvation" including "righteousness" and all other blessings; and may be interpreted, as there, either of the ministers o... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WILL I MAKE THE HORN OF DAVID TO BUD,.... Which the Targum interprets "a glorious" King; and both Kimchi and Ben Melech, and also Arama, understand it of the Messiah, and very rightly; called the horn of the Lord's Anointed, and the horn of salvation, 1 Samuel 2:10 Luke 1:69; expressive of his... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS ENEMIES WILL I CLOTHE WITH SHAME, With the garments of shame, as the Targum; very different from the clothing of Zion's priests; all that are incensed against Christ as a King and Saviour shall sooner or later be ashamed; either here, when brought to a sense of their evil, to repentance for it,... [ Continue Reading ]