“ Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. ”
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah - Most probably this is the language of the contemporaries of David; or this is what they might be supposed to say; or this is what tradition reports that they did...
Lo, we heard of it at (d) Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. (d) The common instinct was that the ark should remain in Ephratah, that is, in Bethlehem a plentiful place: but later we p...
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...
heard: i.e. while he was at Ephratah. David"s father was an Ephrathite (of Bethlehem-Ephratah. Compare Genesis 35:19 . David had "heard" of it as being in Shiloh. it: i.e. the Ark. in the field...
6. Lo! we heard of it at Ephratha. This verse is obscure, and we need not wonder at the difficulty which interpreters have felt in ascertaining its meaning. First, the relative pronoun (131...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. 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 deter...
We found, &c.— We find it in the territory, or fields of Fear. —Ver. 7. Let us came into his abodes, let us prostrate ourselves at his footstool. These, and the following verses, represent...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah - David's words after he had so far attained his wish, that the ark had been brought up t...
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....
Lo, we heard. — This verse has been pronounced inexplicable, and yet the general intention is clear. The vow in which David declared his purpose has just been quoted, and that which is now said to...
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...
If David king of Israel thus vowed, and thus engaged to Jehovah; surely it requires but little acquaintance with the scripture (when once the Holy Ghost hath brought us to the knowledge of David's Su...
THE SACRED ARK ‘Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.’ Psalms 132:6 In the days to which the Psalmist’s words refer the Ark provided satisfaction for certain...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah ,.... Either of the ark which David and others had heard of, that it formerly was at Shiloh, Joshua 18:1 ; here called Ephratah, as some think; so the Ephraimites ar...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. Ver. 6. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah ] At Bethlehem Ephratah, David's birth place, there we heard of it long since by our p...
Lo, we have heard of it The ark, or of the place or habitation for the Lord last mentioned; at Ephratah That is, at Shiloh, in the tribe of Ephraim, there they were told it had been, but it was g...
Solomon's Prayer for Divine Favour. A song of degrees. 1 L ORD , remember David, and all his afflictions: 2 How...
We heard of it; of the place or habitation for the Lord last mentioned. At Ephratah; either, 1. In Bethlehem, which is called Ephratah, Genesis 35:19 , Genesis 48:7 Micah 5:2 . So the sen...
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...
1 Chronicles 13:5 ; 1 Chronicles 13:6 ; 1 Samuel 17:12 ; 1 Samuel 7:1 ; Micah 5:2 ; Ruth 1:2
It — Of the ark. Ephratah — In the tribe of Ephraim, which was called also Ephratah. Found it — Afterwards we found it in Kirjath — jearim, which signifies a city of woods, in the territory whereof...