Psalm 132:8-18

8 ¹Arise, O Lord, and go to your ²resting place, you and the ark of your ³might.

9 Let your ⁴priests be ⁵clothed with righteousness, and let your ⁶saints shout for joy.

10 For the sake of your servant David, ⁷do not turn away the face of ⁸your anointed one.

11 ⁹The Lord swore to David a sure oath ¹⁰from which he will not turn back: ¹¹“One of the sons of your body^[a] I will set on your throne.

12 If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall ¹²sit on your throne. ”

13 For the Lord has ¹³chosen Zion; he has ¹⁴desired it for his dwelling place:

14 “This is my ¹⁵resting place forever; here I will ¹⁶dwell, for I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly ¹⁷bless her provisions; I will ¹⁸satisfy her poor with bread.

16 Her ¹⁹priests I will clothe with salvation, and her ²⁰saints will shout for joy.

17 There I will make ²¹a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared ²²a lamp for ²³my anointed.

18 His enemies I will ²⁴clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine. ”

Psalm 132:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 132

\\<>\\. Some think this psalm was written by Solomon, since Ps 132:8,10, are much the same with which he concluded his prayer at the dedication of the temple, 2Ch 6:41,42; on account of which it is supposed to be written; though he might borrow these words from hence, as he sometimes did recite the words of his father, Pr 4:4,5. Others are of opinion that it was written by David, either when he brought the ark from Baale or Kirjathjearim to the house of Obededom, and from thence to Zion, 2Sa 6:1-23; or when he had that conversation with Nathan the prophet, in which he expressed such a strong desire to build a house for God, 2Sa 7:1-17; or, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, after he had numbered the people, which brought the pestilence on them; and when he and the elders of Israel were in distress on that account, and he was ordered to build an altar in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, 1Ch 21:18; by which it appeared to him that this was the place for the house of the Lord God he had been so desirous of building, 1Ch 22:1. It seems by Ps 132:6,7, that more persons than one were concerned in this psalm, at least the psalmist represents more; and Theodoret takes it to be a prayer of the captives in Babylon, and a prophecy of the Saviour of the world; and this is favoured by the Syriac inscription, which is, ``an anonymous psalm, when they would build the house of the Lord of hosts; and a prayer of David, and a revelation of Christ.'' And certain it is that Christ is spoken of in it, if not principally designed.

Cross References

• 1. 132:8 Ps. 68:1; 2 Chr. 6:41, 42
• 2. 132:8 ver. 14
• 3. 132:8 Ps. 78:61
• 4. 132:9 ver. 16
• 5. 132:9 See Job 29:14
• 6. 132:9 [Ps. 149:5]
• 7. 132:10 [2 Kgs. 18:24]
• 8. 132:10 ver. 17; [1 Kgs. 1:39]
• 9. 132:11 Ps. 89:3, 34
• 10. 132:11 Ps. 110:4
• 11. 132:11 2 Sam. 7:12; 2 Chr. 6:16; Luke 1:32; Acts 2:30
• 12. 132:12 1 Kgs. 8:25; [Job 36:7]
• 13. 132:13 Ps. 78:68; [Ps. 135:21]
• 14. 132:13 See Ps. 68:16
• 15. 132:14 ver. 8
• 16. 132:14 Matt. 23:21
• 17. 132:15 Ps. 147:14
• 18. 132:15 Ruth 1:6
• 19. 132:16 ver. 9
• 20. 132:16 ver. 9
• 21. 132:17 Ezek. 29:21; [Luke 1:69]
• 22. 132:17 1 Kgs. 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kgs. 8:19; 2 Chr. 21:7
• 23. 132:17 ver. 10
• 24. 132:18 See Job 8:22

Footnotes

• [a] 132:11 Hebrew 'of your fruit of the womb'