_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 it was intended to be sung, and
was sung, at the dedication of the temple, of which, Psalms 132:8, he... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord, remember David_ Thy covenant with David; or David's eminent
piety and zeal for thy service; _and all his afflictions_ All his
sufferings for thy sake, all the solicitude of his mind, all his hard
and wearisome labours for thy service and glory. _How he sware and
vowed_ Made a solemn vow, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Surely I will not_, &c. As if he had said, I value not my own private
domestic enjoyments and accommodations, in comparison of the
settlement of God's public worship. “He was so highly concerned,”
says Dr. Hammond, “for the service of God, that, having built
himself a house, (1Ch 15:1; 1 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lo, we have heard of it_ The ark, or of the place or habitation for
the Lord last mentioned; _at Ephratah_ That is, at Shiloh, in the
tribe of Ephraim, there they were told it had been, but it was gone;
they _found it_ at last _in the fields of the wood_ That is, in
Kirjath-jearim, which signifies,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 and
supplicants, prostrating ourselves, with humble reverence, before the
Divine Majesty, which we too... [ Continue Reading ]
_Arise, O Lord, to thy rest_, &c. See notes on Numbers 10:35; 2
Chronicles 6:41. _Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness_ Not
only with those outward sacerdotal garments of glory and beauty, which
thou hast appointed for them, but, especially, with the inward
ornaments of righteousness and tr... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord has sworn in truth_ Not falsely or deceitfully, as men
sometimes do, but sincerely and faithfully, what he will inviolably
observe and fulfil, as the next clause expounds this. _Of the fruit of
thy body _ Of some of thy posterity, _will I set upon thy throne_ See
notes on 2 Samuel 7:12; an... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 called
_Zion_, as has been frequently observed. _This is my rest for ever _
Not my residence only for a... [ Continue Reading ]
_There_ In Jerusalem, the seat of the kingdom, and the only place of
my presence and worship in the world; _will I make the horn of David
to bud_ His power and glory to flourish and increase, and to descend
to his posterity. _I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed_ A
successor or succession to con... [ Continue Reading ]