Psalms 132:17

There In Jerusalem.

will I make the horn of David to bud More exactly, will I make a horn sprout forth for David. The figure may mean simply, that Jehovah will restore the prosperity and victorious might of the house of David (cp. Psalms 89:17; Psalms 89:24; Ezekiel 29:21). The verb sprouthowever suggests a reference to the prophecies of Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:15; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12, where tsemach, -sprout," is used as a title of the Messianic king, while in Daniel 7:7-8; Daniel 7:24; Daniel 8:5, -horn" is a symbol for -king," so that the words may be intended to have a personal reference and point to the Messianic king. Zacharias appears to have had this passage in mind, Luke 1:69; and the fifteenth of the "eighteen Benedictions" in the Jewish Liturgy incorporates it. "Cause the sprout of David thy servant to sprout forth speedily, and let his horn be exalted in Thy salvation."

I haveprepared a lamp for mine anointed The burning lamp is a natural metaphor for the preservation of the dynasty (Psalms 18:28; 1Ki 11:36; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Samuel 21:17). The use of the verb prepared, as in Exodus 27:20-21; Leviticus 24:2-4, suggests that there may be an allusion here to the lamp kept burning perpetually in the sanctuary. Mine anointedis here David himself (Psalms 18:50), rather than his successors.