Psalms 132 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Afflictions — All his sufferings for thy sake.

Until — Until I have raised an house in which the ark may be put.

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 the ark was seated for twenty years.

Tabernacles — Into his temple. Footstool — The ark, is often said to sit between the cherubim, which were above the ark.

Rest — Into thy resting place, the temple so called, Isaiah 66:1, where thou hast now a fixed habitation. The ark — The seat of thy powerful and glorious presence.

David's sake — In regard of thy promises vouchsafed to David. Turn not — Cast me not out of thy presence. Of — Of me whom thou hast anointed to be king over thy people.

Salvation — With thy saving graces and blessings.

There — In Jerusalem. To bud — His power and glory to flourish. A lamp — A successor to continue for ever in his family, as this phrase is expounded 1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 15:4, and particularly one eminent and glorious light, namely, the Messiah.