PSALM 132
. The writer, perhaps Solomon (compare Psalms 132:8;
Psalms 132:9), after relating
David's pious zeal for God's service, pleads for the fulfilment of
the promise (2 Samuel 7:16), which,
providing for a perpetuation of David's kingdom, involved that of
God's right worship and the establishment of the greater and
spiritual kingdom of David's greater Son. Of Him and His kingdom both
the temple and its worship, and the kings and kingdom of Judah, were
types. The congruity of such a topic with the tenor of this series of
Psalms is obvious.
1-5. This vow is not elsewhere
recorded. It expresses, in strong language, David's intense desire to
see the establishment of God's worship as well as of His kingdom.
remember David—literally,
"remember for David," that is, all his troubles and
anxieties on the matter.
5. habitation—literally,
"dwellings," generally used to denote the sanctuary.
6. These may be the "words
of David" and his pious friends, who,
at Ephratah—or
Beth-lehem (Genesis 48:7), where he
once lived, may have heard of the ark, which he found for the first
time
in the fields of the wood—or,
Jair, or Kirjath-jearim ("City of woods")
(1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3;
2 Samuel 6:4), whence it was brought
to Zion.
7. The purpose of engaging in
God's worship is avowed.
8, 9. The solemn entry of the
ark, symbolical of God's presence and power, with the attending
priests, into the sanctuary, is proclaimed in the words used by
Solomon (2 Chronicles 6:41).
10-12. For thy servant David's
sake—that is, On account of the promise made to him.
turn . . . anointed—Repulse
not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate
his royal line. After reciting the promise, substantially from (compare Acts 2:30,
&c.), an additional plea,
13. is made on the ground of
God's choice of Zion (here used for Jerusalem) as His dwelling,
inasmuch as the prosperity of the kingdom was connected with that of
the Church (Psalms 122:8; Psalms 122:9).
14-18. That choice is expressed
in God's words, "I will sit" or "dwell," or sit
enthroned. The joy of the people springs from the blessings of His
grace, conferred through the medium of the priesthood.
17. make the horn . . . to
bud—enlarge his power.
a lamp—the figure of
prosperity (Psalms 18:10; Psalms 18:28;
Psalms 89:17). With the confounding
of his enemies is united his prosperity and the unceasing splendor of
his crown.
14-18. That choice is expressed
in God's words, "I will sit" or "dwell," or sit
enthroned. The joy of the people springs from the blessings of His
grace, conferred through the medium of the priesthood.
PSALM 132
. The writer, perhaps Solomon (compare Psalms 132:8; Psalms 132:9), after relating David's pious zeal for God's service, pleads for the fulfilment of the promise (2 Samuel 7:16), which, providing for a perpetuation of David's kingdom, involved that of God's right worship and the establishment of the greater and spiritual kingdom of David's greater Son. Of Him and His kingdom both the temple and its worship, and the kings and kingdom of Judah, were types. The congruity of such a topic with the tenor of this series of Psalms is obvious.
1-5. This vow is not elsewhere recorded. It expresses, in strong language, David's intense desire to see the establishment of God's worship as well as of His kingdom.
remember David—literally, "remember for David," that is, all his troubles and anxieties on the matter.
5. habitation—literally, "dwellings," generally used to denote the sanctuary.
6. These may be the "words of David" and his pious friends, who,
at Ephratah—or Beth-lehem (Genesis 48:7), where he once lived, may have heard of the ark, which he found for the first time
in the fields of the wood—or, Jair, or Kirjath-jearim ("City of woods") (1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3; 2 Samuel 6:4), whence it was brought to Zion.
7. The purpose of engaging in God's worship is avowed.
8, 9. The solemn entry of the ark, symbolical of God's presence and power, with the attending priests, into the sanctuary, is proclaimed in the words used by Solomon (2 Chronicles 6:41).
10-12. For thy servant David's sake—that is, On account of the promise made to him.
turn . . . anointed—Repulse not him who, as David's descendant, pleads the promise to perpetuate his royal line. After reciting the promise, substantially from (compare Acts 2:30, &c.), an additional plea,
13. is made on the ground of God's choice of Zion (here used for Jerusalem) as His dwelling, inasmuch as the prosperity of the kingdom was connected with that of the Church (Psalms 122:8; Psalms 122:9).
14-18. That choice is expressed in God's words, "I will sit" or "dwell," or sit enthroned. The joy of the people springs from the blessings of His grace, conferred through the medium of the priesthood.
17. make the horn . . . to bud—enlarge his power.
a lamp—the figure of prosperity (Psalms 18:10; Psalms 18:28; Psalms 89:17). With the confounding of his enemies is united his prosperity and the unceasing splendor of his crown.
14-18. That choice is expressed in God's words, "I will sit" or "dwell," or sit enthroned. The joy of the people springs from the blessings of His grace, conferred through the medium of the priesthood.