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Verse Psalms 132:14. _THIS_ IS _MY REST FOR EVER_] Here the Christian
Church is most indubitably meant. This is _God's place_ for ever.
After this there never will be another _dispensation_; Christia...
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THIS IS MY REST FOR EVER - My home; my permanent abode. I will no more
remove from place to place - as when the ark was carried in the
wilderness, and as it has been since; but Zion shall now be the f...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jehovah speaks. The expression of His Will in the facts of history is
translated into the form of an utterance. Observe the stress laid on
the Divine choice: in making Jerusalem the religious centre o...
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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...
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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
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This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
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(.) The Lord's answer is exactly consonant to the prayer. ,...
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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....
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See Psalms 68:16....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 132
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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זֹאת ־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי ־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה
־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have (i) desired
it.
(i) Meaning, for his own sake and not for the plentifulness of the
place: for he promises to bless it, declaring before that...
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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...
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14._This is my rest for ever. _The same truth is here put into the
mouth of God, to give it additional weight; and it is declared not to
have been in vain that the Temple had been erected, since God w...
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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...
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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...
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This [is] my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
Ver. 14. _This is my rest for ever_] It was so because God was pleased
to make it so; he rested in his love; he would seek no far...
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_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...
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This is My rest forever, Jerusalem the Lord's permanent Sanctuary, not
like Shiloh, which He had rejected; HERE WILL I DWELL, FOR I HAVE
DESIRED IT. From this Sanctuary the Lord dispenses His blessing...
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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...
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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...
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I will no more wander to several places as I have done, but here I
have fixed my abode....
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Psalms 132:14 place H4496 forever H5703 dwell H3427 (H8799) desired
H183 (H8765)
my rest -...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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 ...
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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
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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’...
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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...
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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...