Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 132:7
Tabernacles — Into his temple. Footstool — The ark, is often said to sit between the cherubim, which were above the ark.
Tabernacles — Into his temple. Footstool — The ark, is often said to sit between the cherubim, which were above the ark.
WE WILL GO INTO HIS TABERNACLES - His tents, or the fixed resting place prepared for the ark. This is evidently language supposed to have been used on bringing up the ark into its place in Jerusalem:...
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...
TABERNACLES. the plural of Majesty. His great habitation. Hebrew. _Mishkan._ App-40. FOOTSTOOL. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. WE WILL GO INTO HIS TABERNACLES; WE WILL WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL - the language of David and the people at the dedication of the ar...
132:7 habitations, (f-6) Or 'tabernacles,' as Psalms 84:1 , &c....
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....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 132 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
WE WILL. — _Let us go,_ &c TABERNACLES. — Better, _habitation,_ as in Psalms 132:5, where the same word is used. The plural occurs also in Psalms 84:1. These words do not, as the last verse, recall an...
נָבֹ֥ואָה לְ מִשְׁכְּנֹותָ֑יו נִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לַ הֲדֹ֥ם...
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...
If David king of Israel thus vowed, and thus engaged to Jehovah; surely it requires but little acquaintance with the scripture (when once the Holy Ghost hath brought us to the knowledge of David's Sur...
7._We will go into his habitations. _Here he dictates to all the Lord’s people a common form of mutual exhortation to the duty of going up to the place which had been pointed out by the Angel. The cle...
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...
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...
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. Ver. 7. _We will go into his tabernacles_] We will cheerfully and unanimously frequent his public worship, in the place he hath pitc...
_We will go into his tabernacles_ Seeing the ark is now fixed in a certain place, we will go to it more generally and constantly than formerly we did. _We will worship at his footstool_ As subjects an...
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...
We will go into His tabernacles, to the Sanctuary, or Temple, now completed; WE WILL WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL, that is, facing the place where the Ark of the Covenant was resting, since on its lid the...
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...
WE WILL GO; seeing the ark is now fixed in a certain place, we will go to it more generally and constantly than formerly we did. INTO HIS TABERNACLES; into his tabernacle or temple, the plural number...
Psalms 132:7 go H935 (H8799) tabernacle H4908 worship H7812 (H8691) footstool H1916 H7272 will go -...
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...
_Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood._ HEARING, SEEKING, FINDING Long before David’s time, the ark of the Lord had been almost forgotten by the children of Israel. T...
_We will go into His tabernacles._ THE DEVOUT WORSHIPPER’S RESOLUTION AND ARDENT PRAYER I. His resolution. 1. Attendance at the house of God. Not merely as a duty, but as a delight. 2. Devotion in...
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 132:6 The pilgrims come from various villages in Judah to WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL (see 1 Chronicles 28:2;...
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...
Isaiah 2:3; Lamentations 2:1; Psalms 118:19; Psalms 122:1; Psalms 5:7;