Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
Psalm 132 belongs to the Psalms of Ascent, sung by pilgrims as they neared Jerusalem and its temple, stirring the spirit of worship as the holy city came into view. The psalm was probably written by Solomon after the temple was built and possibly sung at its dedication. The Hebrew word rendered habitation in the verse is plural in form, habitations.
The verse expresses David's earnest resolve and determination to deny himself rest until he finds a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the mighty God of Jacob. He was stirred to seek a settled place for the Lord after God had dwelt in the same kind of tent dwelling as His people to show His purpose to identify Himself with them.
His concern was to bring the ark, the sacred representative of Jehovah, from its separation from the national capital and establish it in Jerusalem in the tent he had prepared on Zion. The permanent house for the ark was reserved for Solomon to build. The sanctuary later sought in the verse was built on Mount Moriah, near Mount Zion, at the place where the angel appeared to David when the plague was stopped. The dwelling place sought is the temple as the House of the Lord, where the ark of the Covenant rested beneath the cherubim in the holy of holies.
David's desire to find a place for the Lord opened the way for the Lord to reveal to him the truth concerning His real temple. In answer to that desire, God revealed that He would build the house of David and make that His permanent home through the relationship He would establish with David's family. The psalm's promises of an eternal reign of righteousness could not be fulfilled in their fullness without the Lord's resurrection.
Psalm 132 belongs to the Psalms of Ascent, sung by pilgrims as they neared Jerusalem and its temple, stirring the spirit of worship as the holy city came into view. The psalm was probably written by Solomon after the temple was built and possibly sung at its dedication. The Hebrew word rendered habitation in the verse is plural in form, habitations.
The verse expresses David's earnest resolve and determination to deny himself rest until he finds a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the mighty God of Jacob. He was stirred to seek a settled place for the Lord after God had dwelt in the same kind of tent dwelling as His people to show His purpose to identify Himself with them.
His concern was to bring the ark, the sacred representative of Jehovah, from its separation from the national capital and establish it in Jerusalem in the tent he had prepared on Zion. The permanent house for the ark was reserved for Solomon to build. The sanctuary later sought in the verse was built on Mount Moriah, near Mount Zion, at the place where the angel appeared to David when the plague was stopped. The dwelling place sought is the temple as the House of the Lord, where the ark of the Covenant rested beneath the cherubim in the holy of holies.
David's desire to find a place for the Lord opened the way for the Lord to reveal to him the truth concerning His real temple. In answer to that desire, God revealed that He would build the house of David and make that His permanent home through the relationship He would establish with David's family. The psalm's promises of an eternal reign of righteousness could not be fulfilled in their fullness without the Lord's resurrection.