For thy (g) servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
(g) As you first made promise to David, so continue it to his posterity that whatever they ask for their people, it may be granted.
Verse Psalms 132:10. _THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED._] David. Remember thy promises to him, that he may be restored to thee and to thy worship....
FOR THY SERVANT DAVID’S SAKE - Because of the promise made to him; because of the zeal which he has shown in securing a place for the ark. Let it not be in vain that he has shown such a regard to the...
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...
THINE ANOINTED. i.e. David. Not "Zerubbabel", no such oath made to him....
This verse is still part of the people's prayer, though its language is coloured by the feeling of the Psalmist's own age, and expresses the perplexity of a time in which Jehovah seemed to have disown...
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
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. FOR THY SERVANT DAVID'S SAKE TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED - (cf. above; ). "Thine anointed" is David, as the origi...
132:10 anointed. (l-13) See 2 Chronicles 6:41 ,2 Chronicles 6:42 ....
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....
TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE] owing to the rejection of his prayer. THINE ANOINTED] means the king. 11, 12. Cp. 1 Kings 8:25. In Psalms 132:11 we may trace the divine answer to the prayers of Psalms 132:8....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 132 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
(8-10) These are the words which the chronicler (2 Chronicles 6:41) puts into Solomon’s mouth at the dedication of the Temple. Some think that they are there only as a quotation from this psalm, but t...
The most obvious construction of this verse is that which makes it an intercession, on the ground of the Divine partiality for David, in behalf of another prince — one of his successors — by the peopl...
בַּ֭ עֲבוּר דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ אַל ־תָּ֝שֵׁ֗ב...
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...
10._For thy servant David’s sake, etc_. Some would connect the first part of the verse with the preceding, without adducing reasons against this, it must at once strike the reader that this verse must...
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 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 th...
For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. Ver. 10. For thy servant David's sake] For thy covenant's sake made with him, and for thy Christ's sake, who is oft called David...
_Arise, O Lord, to thy rest_, &c. See notes on Numbers 10:35; 2 Chronicles 6:41. _Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness_ Not only with those outward sacerdotal garments of glory and beauty, wh...
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 Thy servant David's sake, who was the servant of the Lord, to whom the Lord had pledged the Messianic promise, 2 Samuel 7:12, TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED, by continuing the house and...
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...
FOR THY SERVANT DAVID'S SAKE; in regard of thy singular kindness and promises vouchsafed to David, as this is explained in the following verses. And this verse makes it more than probable that David w...
Psalms 132:10 servant H5650 Davids H1732 away H7725 (H8686) face H6440 Anointed H4899 your servant -...
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...
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 132:8 The worshipers pray that God will be present in his chosen RESTING PLACE. Imagining the scene in Jerusalem, the worshipers pray that Israel will be true to its calling. DO...
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 Kings 11:12; 1 Kings 11:13; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 15:4; 1 Kings
David's sake — In regard of thy promises vouchsafed to David. Turn not — Cast me not out of thy presence. Of — Of me whom thou hast anointed to be king over thy people....