Chapter 132
Chapter Outline
David's care for the ark. (1–10)
The promises of God. (11–18)Verses 1–10
David bound himself to find a place for the Lord, for the ark, the token of God's presence. When
work is to be done for the Lord, it is good to tie ourselves to a time. It is good in the morning to fix
upon work for the day, with submission to Providence, for we know not what a day may bring
forth. And we should first, and without delay, seek to have our own hearts made a habitation of
God through the Spirit. He prays that God would take up his dwelling in the habitation he had built;
that he would give grace to the ministers of the sanctuary to do their duty. David pleads that he was
the anointed of the Lord, and this he pleads as a type of Christ, the great Anointed. We have no
merit of our own to plead; but, for His sake, in whom there is a fulness of merit, let us find favour.
And every true believer in Christ, is an anointed one, and has received from the Holy One the oil
of true grace. The request is, that God would not turn away, but hear and answer their petitions for
his Son's sake.
Verses 11–18
The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest,
and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he should speak thus concerning his church! It
is his desire to dwell with us; yet how little do we desire to dwell with him! He abode in Zion till
the sins of Israel caused him to give them up to the spoilers. Forsake us not, O God, and deliver us
not in like manner, sinful though we are. God's people have a special blessing on common
enjoyments, and that blessing puts peculiar sweetness into them. Zion's poor have reason to be
content with a little of this world, because they have better things prepared for them. God will
abundantly bless the nourishment of the new man, and satisfy the poor in spirit with the bread of
life. He gives more than we ask, and when he gives salvation, he will give abundant joy. God would
bring to nothing every design formed to destroy the house of David, until King Messiah should
arise out of it, to sit upon the throne of his Father. In him all the promises centre. His enemies, who
will not have him to reign over them, shall at the last day be clothed with shame and confusion for
ever.
Chapter 133
The excellency of brotherly love.