This psalm is simply entitled “A Song of Degrees.” The author of
it is not known, nor can the occasion on which it was written be
certainly ascertained. It would seem to have been composed in a time
o...
Israel had been restored from exile. The Temple had been rebuilt.
Jehovah had returned to dwell in Zion according to His promise. But
was His other promise of an eternal dominion to the house of David...
CXXXII.
This psalm, at first sight, seems from comparison with 2 Chronicles 6
to be a hymn of Solomon’s, or of his age, in commemoration of the
completion and dedication of the Temple. What, however,...
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...
_A.M. 3000. B.C. 1004._
This Psalm is supposed by most commentators to have been written by
Solomon, when he had built the temple, and fulfilled what had been
designed by his father David. Probably i...