Psalms 132:18

will I clothe with shame The opposite of salvation, Psalms 132:16. Cp. Psalms 35:26; Job 8:22.

upon himself Upon David in the person of his representative, who is called David in Ezekiel 34:23-24.

shall his crown flourish The expression is a peculiar one. (1) The word for -crown" (nçzer) used here as in Psalms 89:39, means (a) -consecration," (b) -a crown" or -diadem," as the mark of consecration to an office. It is used not only of a king's crown, but of the high-priest's diadem (Exodus 29:6). (2) The verb yâtsîts, -flourish," or rather -sparkle," -glitter," is cognate to the word tsîts, which denotes the glittering plate of gold bearing the inscription "Holiness to Jehovah" which the High-priest wore on his turban, and which is called in Exodus 29:30, "the plate of the holy diadem." This phraseology seems intended to suggest that David's representative will have high-priestly as well as royal dignity. Cp. Jeremiah 30:21; Zechariah 6:11-13.