Psalm 132
Verse 1 Afflictions - All his sufferings for thy sake. Verse 5 Until - Until I have raised an house in which the ark may be put. Verse 6 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. Verse 7 Tabernacles - Into his temple. Footstool - The ark, is often said to sit between the cherubim, which were above the ark. Verse 8 Rest - Into thy resting place, the temple so called, Isa 66:1, where thou hast now a fixed habitation. The ark - The seat of thy powerful and glorious presence. Verse 10 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. Verse 16 Salvation - With thy saving graces and blessings. Verse 17 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 1Kings 11:36 15:4, and particularly one eminent and glorious light, namely, the Messiah.