Psalms 132

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God’s Covenant with David and Zion

1A song of ascents. Remember, Yahweh, on David’s behalf, all his affliction,

2how he swore to Yahweh, vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3“I will not enter the tent of my house, nor go up upon the couch of my bed,

4I will not give sleep to my eyes, slumber to my eyelids,

5until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

7Let us come to his dwelling; let us bow down at his footstool.

8Arise, Yahweh, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength.

9Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your faithful ones shout for joy.

10For the sake of David your servant, do not turn away the face of your anointed.

11Yahweh swore to David a truth from which he will not turn back: “Of the fruit of your body I will set one on your throne.

12If your sons keep my covenant and this my testimony that I teach them, their sons also, forever, shall sit on your throne.”

13For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:

14“This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15Her provision I will surely bless; her needy ones I will satisfy with bread.

16And her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her faithful ones will surely shout for joy.

17There I will make a horn sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

18His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon him his crown will gleam.”

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God’s Covenant with David and Zion

quotation 2 Chronicles 6:41 — Solomon's dedication prayer quotes these verses nearly verbatim.
quoted by 2 Chronicles 6:12 — Solomon's closing appeal for God to arise to his resting place, priests clothed with salvation, and not turning away his anointed, quotes Psalm 132.
echoed in 1 Chronicles 28:1 — The ark called God's footstool where worshipers bow.
allusion 1 Kings 11:36 — The 'lamp' prepared for the anointed echoes the promise that David would always have a lamp before Yahweh.
allusion 1 Samuel 7:1 — The finding of the ark 'in the fields of Jaar' recalls the ark's stay at Kiriath-jearim.
allusion 2 Samuel 7:12 — The oath that David's offspring will sit on his throne restates the Davidic covenant of Nathan's oracle.
allusion Acts 2:30 — Peter cites Yahweh's oath to David that one of his descendants would sit on his throne.
echoed in Acts 2:14 — God's sworn oath that one of David's descendants would sit on his throne echoes the Davidic covenant psalm.
echoed in Ezekiel 29:17 — Shared idiom of making a 'horn sprout' as a sign of restored strength for Israel/David.
allusion Luke 1:69 — 'I will make a horn sprout for David' underlies the Benedictus' 'horn of salvation in the house of David.'
echoed in Luke 1:67 — The 'horn of salvation' raised up in the house of David echoes the promise to make a horn sprout for David.
allusion Numbers 10:35 — The cry 'Arise, Yahweh' with the ark echoes Moses' words when the ark set out.
echoed in Psalms 99:1 — Shared call to worship at Yahweh's footstool.
thematic 2 Samuel 7:1 — David's resolve to find a dwelling for Yahweh echoes his desire to build a house for the ark recounted in Nathan's oracle.
thematic Psalms 68:16 — Yahweh's choice of Zion as his desired dwelling place is a shared motif.
thematic Psalms 133:1 — Zion as the place where Yahweh commands the blessing echoes Yahweh's chosen dwelling in Zion.

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