Psalms 132:5 - Exposition

Until I find out a place for the Lord . The "place" which David desired to "find" was a permanent resting-place for the ark of God, which he had already "brought up from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with gladness" ( 2 Samuel 6:12 ), but which he had only established in a temporary abode of the nature of a tent, or tabernacle ( 2 Samuel 6:17 ). God approved David's zeal, but did not allow him to accomplish his design ( 2 Samuel 7:5-16 ). An habitation for the mighty God of Jacob ; rather, the Mighty One of Jacob (comp. Psalms 132:2 and the comment ad loc .).