Psaumes 132:1-18 BDS

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:9

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness ,.... In 2 Chronicles 6:41 ; it is, "with salvation", as in Psalm 132:16 . Either the ministers of the word; who may be said to be clothed with righteousness when they perform their work righteously, and faithfully dispense the word, keep back nothing that is profitable, and administer the ordinances according to the rules of Christ; and when their lives and conversations are agreeable to the Gospel they preach; see Job 29:14 ; or else all... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:10

For thy servant David's sake ,.... Not for any virtues, or excellencies or merits, of David, literally understood; rather for the sake of the covenant and promises made with him: but for the sake of the antitypical David, the Messiah, the son of David according to the flesh, and the servant of the Lord as Mediator; for whose sake, and in whose name, prayers and supplications are made and presented; turn not away the face of thine anointed ; not David; rather Solomon, as the Targum... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:11

The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David ,.... By Nathan the prophet; when he assured him that his house, kingdom, and throne, should be established for ever, 2 Samuel 7:5 ; and though there is no mention made of the oath of God, no doubt there was one; or however his word was his oath, as Kimchi observes: besides, the Apostle Peter is express for it that there was one, which was added to his word for the confirmation of it; who is said to swear by himself, because there is no greater;... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:12

If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimony that I shall teach them ,.... The former part of the promise and oath is absolute, respecting the Messiah; but this is conditional, and relates to the seed of David, both immediate, and in succeeding generations; proposing their observance of the law of God, as the condition of their enjoying the kingdom after him. By the "covenant" and "testimony" are meant the same thing; the law, which was given to the people of Israel in the form of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:13

For the Lord hath chosen Zion ,.... Not only to build upon it the temple in a literal sense, and for the place of his worship; but also for the seat of his majesty, and over which he has set his Son as King; and all this from the love he bears to Zion, which, in a figurative and spiritual sense, is his church; whom he has chosen to privileges, to grace and glory, and for his service and honour; see Psalm 78:67 ; he hath desired it for his habitation ; heaven is the habitation of his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:14

This is my rest for ever ,.... The rest of my majesty, as the Targum; the place of his rest: and this being for ever shows that not Mount Zion literally, nor the temple, are meant; but the church and people of God, in whom he rests in his love, and rejoices over with joy; who are the objects of his delight, and with whom he abides for ever; for this phrase is expressive of pleasure and delight, and of permanency and perpetuity; here will I dwell, for I have desired it ; not merely by... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:15

I will abundantly bless her provision ,.... The provision of Zion, the church of God, the word and ordinances, of which Christ is the sum and substance; the Gospel is milk for babes, and meat for strong men; the ordinances are a feast of fat things; Christ's flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink deed; the whole provision is spiritual, savoury, salutary, strengthening, satisfying, and nourishing, when the Lord blesses it; as he does to those who hunger and thirst after it, and feed upon... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:16

I will also clothe her priests with salvation ,.... With the garments of salvation, as the Targum; in answer to the petition, Psalm 132:9 ; but more is promised than prayed for, "salvation" including "righteousness" and all other blessings; and may be interpreted, as there, either of the ministers of the Gospel clothed with the doctrine of salvation by Christ, coming forth full fraught with it, openly publishing and proclaiming it; salvation being made public and manifest by them as a... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:17

There will I make the horn of David to bud ,.... Which the Targum interprets "a glorious" King; and both Kimchi and Ben Melech, and also Arama, understand it of the Messiah, and very rightly; called the horn of the Lord's Anointed, and the horn of salvation, 1 Samuel 2:10 , Luke 1:69 ; expressive of his power and strength, in allusion to the horns of cattle, with which they push their enemies and defend themselves; so horns are interpreted kings, Daniel 7:24 ; and is fitly applied to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame , With the garments of shame, as the Targum; very different from the clothing of Zion's priests; all that are incensed against Christ as a King and Saviour shall sooner or later be ashamed; either here, when brought to a sense of their evil, to repentance for it, and faith in him; or hereafter, at the resurrection, when they will rise to shame and everlasting contempt, and when they shall see him come in the clouds of heaven, in power and great glory, to... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:18

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