PSALM CXXXII _The psalmist prays that God would remember his promises to_ _David_, 1. _His purpose to bring the ark of the Lord into a place of rest_, 2-5. _Where it was found, and the prayer in removing it_, 6-9. _The promises made to David and his posterity_, 10-12. _God's choice of Zion fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:2. _HOW HE SWARE UNTO THE LORD_] It is only in this place that we are informed of David's vow to the Lord, relative to the building of the temple; but we find he had fully purposed the thing.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:3. _SURELY I WILL NOT COME_] This must refer to the _situation_ of the temple; or, as we would express it, he would not pass another day till he had found out the _ground_ on which to build the temple, and projected the _plan_, and devised _ways_ and _means_ to execute it. And we fi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:5. _THE MIGHTY_ GOD _OF JACOB._] עביר יעקב _abir yaacob_, the _Mighty One of Jacob_. We have this epithet of God for the first time, Genesis 49:24. Hence, perhaps, the _abirim_ of the heathen, the stout ones, the _strong beings_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:6. _LO, WE HAVE HEARD OF IT AT EPHRATAH_] This may be considered as a continuation of David's vow, as if he had said: As I had determined to build a temple for the ark, and heard that it was at _Ephratah_, I went and found it in the _fields of Jaar_, יער; - not the wood, but Kirjath... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:8. _ARISE, O LORD, INTO THY REST; THOU AND THE ARK OF THY_ _STRENGTH._] Using the same expressions which Solomon used when he dedicated the temple, 2 Chronicles 6:41-14. There are several difficulties in these passages. _Ephratah_ may mean the _tribe of_ _Ephraim_; and then we may... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:9. _LET THY PRIESTS BE CLOTHED WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS_] Let them be as remarkable for _inward holiness_ as they are for the splendour of their _holy vestments_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:10. _THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED._] David. Remember thy promises to him, that he may be restored to thee and to thy worship.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:11. _THE LORD HATH SWORN_] As David sware to the Lord, so the Lord swears to David, that he will establish his throne, and place his posterity on it: and that he had respect to David's Antitype, we learn from St. Peter, Acts 2:30, where see the note. This verse with the following re... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:12. _IF THY CHILDREN WILL KEEP MY COVENANT_] This was conditional with respect to the posterity of David. They have been driven from the throne, because they did not keep the Lord's covenant, but the true David is on the throne, and his posterity forms the genuine Israelites.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:13. _THE LORD HATH CHOSEN ZION_] Therefore neither _Shiloh_ nor _Kirjath-jearim_ is the place of his rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:14. _THIS_ IS _MY REST FOR EVER_] Here the Christian Church is most indubitably meant. This is _God's place_ for ever. After this there never will be another _dispensation_; Christianity closes and completes all communications from heaven to earth. God has nothing greater to give to... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:15. _I WILL ABUNDANTLY BLESS HER PROVISION_] There shall be an abundant provision of salvation made for mankind in the Christian Church. Our Lord's _multiplication of the loaves_ was a _type_ and _proof_ of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:16. _I WILL ALSO CLOTHE HER PRIESTS_] All Christian ministers, _with salvation_; this shall appear in all their conduct. _Salvation - redemption from all sin_ through the blood of the Lamb, shall be their great and universal message.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:17. _THERE WILL I MAKE THE HORN OF DAVID TO BUD_] _There_, in the _Christian Church_, the power and authority of the spiritual David shall appear. _I HAVE ORDAINED A LAMP_] I have taken care to secure a _posterity_, to which the promises shall be expressly fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 132:18. _HIS ENEMIES WILL I CLOTHE WITH SHAME_] Every opponent of the Christian cause shall be confounded. _BUT UPON HIMSELF SHALL HIS CROWN FLOURISH._] There shall be no end of the government of Christ's kingdom. From Psalms 132:11, the spiritual David and his posterity are the subjec... [ Continue Reading ]