Psalms 132:1 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Psalms 132:1

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The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion

A Song of Ascents.

1 Lord, remember David
And all his afflictions;

2 How he swore to the Lord,
^aAnd vowed to ^bthe Mighty One of Jacob:

3 “Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house,
Or go up to the comfort of my bed;

4 I will ^anot give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,

5 Until I ^afind a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6 Behold, we heard of it ^ain Ephrathah;
^bWe found it ^cin the fields of the woods.

7 Let us go into His tabernacle;
^aLet us worship at His footstool.

8 ^aArise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and ^bthe ark of Your strength.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Psalms 132:1-5

The writer, perhaps Solomon (compare Psalms 132:8-9), after relating David's pious zeal for God's service, pleads for the fulfilment of the promise (II 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. (Psa. 132:1-18)

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.

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 132:1:

Psalms 136:23
Psalms 137:7-9

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A Song of Ascents.

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