Psalms 132:17 - Exposition

There will I make the horn of David to bud . The "horn of David" budded most gloriously when "a rod came forth out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch grew out of his roots, and the Spirit of the Lord rested upon him" ( Isaiah 11:1 , Isaiah 11:2 )—in other words, when Messiah appeared, and re-established the Davidian kingdom, which thenceforth has endured, and will endure for ever. I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. The metaphor is changed; but the idea is the same. Christ's coming shed a glory on David's house, and on the temple, and on David himself, such as had never previously illumined them. David is often promised "a lamp" ( 1 Kings 11:36 ; 1 Kings 15:4 ; 2 Kings 8:19 ; 2 Chronicles 21:7 ). In Christ the lamp was given.