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Cross-references
Genesis 49:24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the sheph…
Psalms 65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2 Samuel 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
Psalms 46:11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Psalms 56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Psalms 66:13-14 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 116:14-18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Psalms 132:1-10
In these verses we have Solomon's address to God for his favour to him and to his government, and his acceptance of his building a house to God's name. Observe,
I. What he pleads - two things: -
1. That what he had done was in pursuance of the pious vow which his father David had made to build a house for God. Solomon was a wise man, yet pleads not any merit of his own: "I am not worthy, for whom thou shouldst do this; but, Lord, remember David, with whom thou madest the covenant" (as Moses prayed, Exo 32:13, Remember Abraham, the first trustee of the covenant); "remember all his afflictions, all the troubles of his life, which his being anointed was the occasion of," or his care and concer…
How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob. Whom Jacob called so, Genesis 49:24; and to whom he vowed a vow, and is the first we read of that did make one, and it was concerning the house of God, Genesis 28:17; and who had an experience of the might and power of God in protecting and defending him from his brother Esau: of this oath and vow of David no mention is made elsewhere, but no doubt they were made; see Psalm 119:106; of the Messiah's swearing, though upon another account, to whom this may be applied, see Isaiah 45:23.
John Calvin on Psalms 132:1-5
Psalm 132:1-5
1. O Jehovah! Remember David, and all his affliction: 2. Who sware to Jehovah, vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob. 3. If; shall enter into the tabernacle of my house, if I shall go up upon the cover of my couch, [127] 4. If I give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids, 5. Until I, find a place for Jehovah, habitations [128] for the Mighty One of Jacob [129]
1. O Jehovah! remember David. Interpreters are not agreed respecting the penman of this Psalm, though there is little doubt that it was either David or Solomon. At the solemn dedication of the Temple, when Solomon prayed, several verses are mentioned in the sacred history as having been quoted by him, from which we ma…
As he swore to the Lord, he vowed a vow to the God of Jacob. In the Hebrew it does not have cos, that is, "as," nor is that the sense; but it has os, that is, "who," and the sense is: Remember, O Lord, David and all his meekness, who swore to the Lord, vowed a vow to the God of Jacob. And this I think was done not so much by a fault of the seventy translators as by an error of the copyists.
For what purpose? "How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob" (ver. 2). Therefore remember for this, that he may fulfil what he hath promised. David himself vowed as though he had it in his power, and he prayeth God to fulfil his vow: there is devotion in the vow, but there is humility in the prayer. Let no one presume to think he fulfilled by his own strength what he hath vowed. He who exhorteth thee to vow, Himself aideth thee to fulfil. Let us therefore see what he vowed, and hence we comprehend how David should be understood in a figure. "David" is interpreted, "Strong of hand," for he was a great warrior. Trusting indeed in the Lord his God, he despatched all wars, he laid low all his enemies, God helping him, according to the dispensation of that kingdom; prefiguring nevertheless some One strong of hand to destroy His enemies, the devil and his angels. These enemies the Church warreth against, and conquereth. ...
There is a sleep which the disciples are commanded to sleep with rest, according to Christ's command, differing greatly from a sleeping against his will; so that the order might be preserved: that first indeed we should watch, praying that we may not enter into temptation, and afterward that we should sleep and rest according to Christ's command. Which sleep Solomon too sets down in a promise to those who live well, saying in his Proverbs: "for if you sit down, you will be without fear; but if you sleep, you will sleep sweetly, and you will not fear a terror that comes upon you nor the assaults of the impious rushing in". And David, knowing the diverse watchings and sleepings, "swore to the Lord and vowed a vow to the God of Jacob": not to go up onto the couch of his bed nor to give sleep to his eyes nor slumber to his eyelids, and to do this for so long, until he should find "a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob", so that when he has found a place for the Lord, he may go up onto the couch of his bed and give sleep to his eyes as they renew themselves and, after rest, prepare themselves for a new and more divine rising up, according to what is wont to happen to bodily men after natural and healthy sleep. But perhaps also the soul, not being able always to bear labors inasmuch as it is created and incarnate and not sufficient to preserve the good without interruption, will obtain relaxations without any blame, which morally are called sleeps and slumbers, so that, having relaxation up to some little space of time, it may rise renewed and be raised again.
Dictionary and topics
Kirjath-jearim — City of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam. 7:1, 2) from…
Liberality · 1:2-4; — 1:2-4;
Oaths · Used for: Binding to performance of sacred duties — Used for: Binding to performance of sacred duties
Temple · .David un — .David un
Temple, The First · David: Anxious to build — David: Anxious to build
Vows · Recorded in scripture: Of David — Recorded in scripture: Of David
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 132:1-5
One is said to remember anything to another when he requites him something that he has done for him, or when he does for him what he has promised him. It is the post-Davidic church which here reminds Jahve of the hereinafter mentioned promises (of the "mercies of David," Ch2 6:42, cf. Isa 55:3) with which He has responded to David's ענות. By this verbal substantive of the Pual is meant all the care and trouble which David had in order to procure a worthy abode for the sanctuary of Jahve. ענה ב signifies to trouble or harass one's self about anything, afflictari (as frequently in the Book of Ecclesiastes); the Pual here denotes the self-imposed trouble, or even that imposed by outward circums…
Ps 132 This psalm celebrates the Lord’s faithfulness to David. When David wanted to bring the Ark into Jerusalem (132:1-5), the Lord granted the request and made Jerusalem his earthly home (132:6-10). The choice of Jerusalem marked God’s election of David’s line (132:11-13), of Zion (132:14-17), and of the priesthood (132:9, 16).
Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 132:2
How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob. Moved by intense devotion, David expressed his resolve in the form of a solemn vow, which was sealed with an oath. The fewer of such vows the better under a dispensation whose great Representative has said, "swear not at all." Perhaps even in this case it had been wiser to have left the pious resolve in the hands of God in the form of a prayer; for the vow was not actually fulfilled as intended, since the Lord forbade David to build him a temple. We had better not swear to do anything before we know the Lord's mind about it, and then we shall not need to sw…
