Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
Psalm 132 belongs to a song attributed to Solomon, written after the temple was built and possibly sung at its dedication. It is included among the Psalms of Ascent sung by pilgrims as they approached Jerusalem, and singing them with the holy city and temple in sight stirred the devout to worship. As part of a Psalm of Degrees it is associated with the fifteen steps leading up to the inner court of the temple.
The verse is David's vow to put God's house before his own house and bed, resolving not to rest until he has found a tabernacle and dwelling place for the God of Jacob. The vow grew from deep concern over the ark's separation from Jerusalem, which kept David thinking through long, sleepless nights and moved him to resolve to bring Jehovah's sacred representative into the city and find a settled place for the Lord. His concern continued what God was teaching through the tabernacle and its services about the mystery of godliness, God manifested in the flesh, the King in His house. God had shown His purpose to identify Himself with His people and be one with them by occupying the same kind of dwelling, and the tabernacle gave concrete form to that purpose, so David's desire opened the way for the truth about God's real temple to be revealed.
David set this purpose to build a glorious sanctuary before Nathan the prophet but was forbidden to carry it out himself because he had been a man of war and had shed blood abundantly, with the promise that Solomon his son should build the house. In answer to David's vow to give the Lord a settled home, God promised to build the house of David and make that His permanent home through the father-son relationship He would establish with David's family. Psalm 132 holds promises of an eternal reign of righteousness whose blessings could not be fulfilled in their fullness without the Lord's resurrection.
Psalm 132 belongs to a song attributed to Solomon, written after the temple was built and possibly sung at its dedication. It is included among the Psalms of Ascent sung by pilgrims as they approached Jerusalem, and singing them with the holy city and temple in sight stirred the devout to worship. As part of a Psalm of Degrees it is associated with the fifteen steps leading up to the inner court of the temple.
The verse is David's vow to put God's house before his own house and bed, resolving not to rest until he has found a tabernacle and dwelling place for the God of Jacob. The vow grew from deep concern over the ark's separation from Jerusalem, which kept David thinking through long, sleepless nights and moved him to resolve to bring Jehovah's sacred representative into the city and find a settled place for the Lord. His concern continued what God was teaching through the tabernacle and its services about the mystery of godliness, God manifested in the flesh, the King in His house. God had shown His purpose to identify Himself with His people and be one with them by occupying the same kind of dwelling, and the tabernacle gave concrete form to that purpose, so David's desire opened the way for the truth about God's real temple to be revealed.
David set this purpose to build a glorious sanctuary before Nathan the prophet but was forbidden to carry it out himself because he had been a man of war and had shed blood abundantly, with the promise that Solomon his son should build the house. In answer to David's vow to give the Lord a settled home, God promised to build the house of David and make that His permanent home through the father-son relationship He would establish with David's family. Psalm 132 holds promises of an eternal reign of righteousness whose blessings could not be fulfilled in their fullness without the Lord's resurrection.