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Psalms 132

Psalms 132 — John Wesley

132:1

Afflictions - All his sufferings for thy sake.

132:5

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

132:6

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.

132:7

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

132:8

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.

132:10

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.

132:16

Salvation - With thy saving graces and blessings.

132:17

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.