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Psalm 132

The faithful, groūding on Gods promes made vnto Dauid, deſire that he wolde eſtabliſh the ſame, bothe as touching his poſteritie and the buylding of the Temple, to praie there as was foreſpoken, Deut 12, 5.
¶ A ſong of degrees.
1.LOrd, remēber Dauid with all his affliction.
2.Who ſware vnto the Lord, & vowed vn to the mightie God of Iaakób, ſaying,
3.I wil not enter into the tabernacle of mine houſe, nor come vpon my palet or bed,
4.Nor ſuffer mine eyes to ſlepe, nor mine eye lids to ſlumber,
5.Vntil I finde out a place for the Lord, an habitacion for the mightie God of Iaakób.
6.Lo, we heard of it in Ephráthah, & foūde it in the fields of the foreſt.
7.We wil entre into his Tabernacles, and worſhip before his foteſtole.
8.Ariſe, ô Lord, to come into thy reſt, thou, and the Arke of thy ſtrength.
9.Let thy Prieſts be clothed with righteouſnes, and let thy Saintes reioyce.
10.For thy ſeruant Dauids ſake refuſe not the face of thine Anointed.
11.The Lord hathe ſworne in trueth vnto Dauid, and he wil not ſhrinke from it, ſaiyng, Of the frute of thy bodie wil I ſet vpon thy throne.
12.If thy ſonnes kepe my couenant, and my teſtimonies, that I ſhal teache them, their ſonnes alſo ſhal ſit vpon thy throne for euer.
13.For the Lord hathe choſẽ Zión, & loued to dwell in it, ſaiyng,
14.This is my reſt for euer: here wil I dwell, for I haue a delite therein.
15.I wil ſurely bleſſe her vitailes, & wil ſatiſfie her poore with bread,
16.And wil clothe her Prieſts with ſaluacion, and her Saintes ſhal ſhowte for ioye.
17.There wil I make the horne of Dauid to bud: for I haue ordeined a light for mine Anointed.
18.His enemies wil I clothe with ſhame, but on him his crowne ſhal floriſh.

Notes

1:a.
That is, with how great difficultie he came to the kingdome, & wt how great zeale & care he went about to build thy Temple.
3:b.
Becauſe the chief charge of the King was to ſet forthe Gods glorie, he ſheweth, yt he colde take no reſt, nether wolde go about anie worldelie thing, were it neuer ſo neceſſarie, before he had executed his office.
6:c.
That is, the Arke, wc was a ſigne of Gods preſence.
6:d.
The cōmune brute was that ye Arke ſhulde remaine in Ephráthah: yt is, in Beth-lehem: a plentiful place but after we perceiued yt yu woldeſt place it in Ieruſalém, which was barren as a foreſt & cōpaſſed about onely with hilles.
8:e.
That is, Ieruſalém, becauſe that afterward his Arke ſhulde remoue to none other place.
9:f.
Let the effect of thy grace bothe appeare in the Prieſts & in the people.
10:g.
As thou firſt madeſt promes to Dauid, ſo continue it to his poſteritie, that whatſoeuer thei ſhal aſke for their people, it maie be granted.
12:h.
Becauſe this can not be accõpliſhed but in Chriſt, it foloweth that yͤ promes was ſpiritual
13:i.
Meaning, for his owne ſake, & not for the plentifulnes of the place: for he promiſeth to bleſſe it, declaring before, yͤ it was barrẽ
16:k.
That is, with my protection, whereby thei ſhalbe ſafe.
17:l.
Thogh his force for a time ſemed to be broken, yet he promiſeth to reſtore it.