“ For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. ”
For the Lord hath chosen Zion - He has selected it as the place where he will abide; the seat of his religion. This is a new plea or argument, and shows that the psalm had reference to Zion or Je...
CXXXII. David's Zeal and its Reward. Psalms 132:1-5 . David's oath to find a worthy abode for the Ark in which Yahweh dwelt. Psalms 132:1 b . affliction: rather pains, i.e. the pains he...
Zion. See App-68. His habitation . His dwelling. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia (App-6).
13. Seeing that Jehovah has chosen Zion. By coupling the kingdom with the priesthood and sanctuary service, he declares it still more emphatically to have been of divine and not human appoin...
DISCOURSE: 726 ZION A TYPE OF THE CHURCH Psalms 132:13-16 . The Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it....
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. The Lord hath chosen Zion - Therefore neither Shiloh nor Kirjath-jearim is the place of his rest.
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. As Zion's welfare is inseparably associated with Da...
This is the most difficult of the Pilgrim Songs. According to accepted literary criticism it must be a post-exilic Ps. The Temple worship has been restored. The days of David are in the distant past....
Zion. — The dynasty of David and the location of the sanctuary at Zion are intimately associated, as in Psalms 78:67-68 . (Comp. Psalms 122:4-5 .)
Psalms 132:1-18 THE continuance of "the sure mercies of David" to his descendants for his sake is first besought from God, and is then promised, for his sake, by God Himself, speaking in the singe...
the Lord's Blessing upon Zion Psalms 132:1-18 This psalm evidently dates from the dedication of Solomon's temple. In the glory of completion God never forgets the toils and anxieties of the bui...
The pilgrims stand at the very entrance of the Holy City, and their song is one of strong desire, and equally strong confidence. In the first part the desire is expressed (vv. Psa 132:1-10). It is f...
ALL these very precious promises, prayers, and praises, will find an easy explanation from the view of the scriptures just referred to, as well as other portions of the divine word, which come in to...
For the Lord hath chosen Zion ,.... Not only to build upon it the temple in a literal sense, and for the place of his worship; but also for the seat of his majesty, and over which he has set his Son...
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation. Ver. 13. For the Lord hath chosen Zion ] He chose it for his love; and loved it for his choice.
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 ca...
God's Choice of Zion; God's Promises to Zion. 11 The L ORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it;...
Zion; not strictly, but largely taken; either for the whole mountain, whereof Zion and Moriah were two parts or tops; or for Jerusalem, which was in a great part built upon Mount Zion, whence it is...
INTRODUCTION The author of this Psalm and the occasion upon which it was composed are both unknown. The opinion of M. Henry, Perowne, and others, is that it was composed for the dedication of Solomo...
Psalms 132 This Psalm is plainly a hymn for the consecration of the Temple. We may call it the song of the builders. In its first portion, extending to the close of the seventh verse, the Church p...
This Psalm is a prayer and pleading of the covenant, such a prayer as might have been offered by Solomon at the opening of the Temple, or by any of the descendants of David, either in their times of...
This psalm is justly ascribed to David. It recites his vow to seek out a place of rest for the ark of the Lord; and the song of praise and prayer on its removal from Kirjath-jearim. Psalms 132:6 ....
Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions. The house of God This psalm was probably composed on the occasion of the installation of the ark in the place provided for it in the temple. Solom...
EXPOSITION This present "Song of Ascents" is well suited to be a "pilgrim-song"—sung by those who went up to Jerusalem to visit the temple, and revivify their faith in the God who had chosen Zio...
Prayer for the House of God and the House of David. A song of degrees, showing that the mercies of God, so richly promised to David, 2 Samuel 7:12-29 , would find their real fulfilment in the Mes...
Hebrews 12:22 ; Isaiah 14:32 ; Psalms 48:1-3 ; Psalms 68:16 ; Psalms 87:2 ; Psalms 7:1 ; Psalms 76:1 ; Psalms 76:2