Psalm 132:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:6

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah ,.... Either of the ark which David and others had heard of, that it formerly was at Shiloh, Joshua 18:1 ; here called Ephratah, as some think; so the Ephraimites are called Ephrathites, Judges 12:5 ; and Elkanah of Ramathaimzophim, of Mount Ephraim, is said to be an Ephrathite, 1 Samuel 1:1 ; but this tribe the Lord chose not, but the tribe of Judah, for his habitation; and rejected the tabernacle of Shiloh, and removed it from thence, Psalm 78:60 ; ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 132:6

Lo, we have heard of it at Ephratah - This may be considered as a continuation of David's vow, as if he had said: As I had determined to build a temple for the ark, and heard that it was at Ephratah, I went and found it in the fields of Jaar, יער ; - not the wood, but Kirjath Jaar or Jearim, where the ark was then lodged; - and having found it, he entered the tabernacle, Psalm 132:7 ; and then, adoring that God whose presence was in it, he invited him to arise and come to the place which... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 132:6

Verse 6 6.Lo! we heard of it at Ephratha. This verse is obscure, and we need not wonder at the difficulty which interpreters have felt in ascertaining its meaning. First, the relative pronoun (131) being of the feminine gender has no antecedent, and we are forced to suppose that it must refer to the word habitation in the foregoing sentence, although there it reads habitations, in the plural number. But the principal difficulty lies in the word Ephratha, because the Ark of the Covenant was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:1-18

Metrically, the psalm consists of four stanzas, each of ten lines: Psalms 132:1-5 ; 6-10; 11-13; and 14-18. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:1-18

The service of the sanctuary. We are accustomed to think of devotion in connection with the house of the Lord. The two things are clearly, though not inseparably, associated with one another. There may be piety where there is no sanctuary; there may be a sanctuary where there is no piety. Practically, however, we find the two in very close alliance. We have in this psalm— I. THE GOOD MAN 'S ANXIETY . ( Psalms 132:1-5 .) David is represented as very seriously concerned about... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:1-18

Spiritual worship. "The psalmist, filled with the memory of many an ancient oracle in praise of David and his city Zion, unable to bear the thought that this ' beauty of all the earth,' for which David had toiled, should remain sunk in misery and ruin, prays to God to remember his promises, and to return once more to his chosen dwelling-place;" that the temple may be rebuilt, and the national worship restored, Some of the principal thoughts suggested are— I. THAT THE GREATEST ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:6

Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah . "It" is probably "the ark"—not yet mentioned, but a main object of the writer's thoughts; and "Ephratah" is the district south and west of Jerusalem, in which both Bethlehem and Kirjath-jearim were situated. And found it in the fields of the wood ; rather, in the fields of Jaar . "Jaar" is a contracted and poetic name for Kirjath-jearim, where the ark remained from its return out of the country of the Philistines till David transferred it to Jerusalem (... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:6

The history of the ark epitomizing the history of the nation. If Ephratah is to be treated as the ancient name of Bethlehem, we must not understand this verse to affirm that the ark was ever there; but, putting himself back into the olden days, the poet represents David as having heard about the ark when he was living at Bethlehem. But it is more simple to take Ephratah as a general term for the district in which the ark was found. Historical or geographical precision is not necessary, in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:6-7

Led of the Lord. We do not know for certain what "it," in Psalms 132:6 , means. Probably the ark of the covenant—"the ark of thy strength" ( Psalms 132:8 ). Nor do we know exactly where Ephratah was, and "the fields of the wood" (see Exposition for a possible interpretation). But we may suffer the expressions used in these verses to suggest to us the progress of the soul led by the Lord in the ways of life. We only take "it" as telling of the grace of God, the Word of life. And... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 132:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 132:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 132:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 132:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 132:6-7

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