Psalms 132:1. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions.
God had entered into an everlasting covenant with David, " ordered in all things and sure," and in this Psalm either David himself or some of his people or descendants pleaded that covenant in time of affliction and trial: "Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions." The Lord would not forget either David or his people, yet it pleased him for them to come before him in prayer, and to remind him of the covenant that he had made with his servant. Using this prayer in a gospel sense, we bow before the Lord, and cry, "Lord, remember Jesus, the Son of David, and all his afflictions; remember all that he endured as his people’s Substitute, and have pity upon us, for his sake, as we plead that eternal covenant which thou hast made with him on our behalf." That ancient covenant was made With David and the far more ancient covenant of grace was made with great David’s greater Son," our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Psalms 132:1. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions.
God had entered into an everlasting covenant with David, " ordered in all things and sure," and in this Psalm either David himself or some of his people or descendants pleaded that covenant in time of affliction and trial: "Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions." The Lord would not forget either David or his people, yet it pleased him for them to come before him in prayer, and to remind him of the covenant that he had made with his servant. Using this prayer in a gospel sense, we bow before the Lord, and cry, "Lord, remember Jesus, the Son of David, and all his afflictions; remember all that he endured as his people’s Substitute, and have pity upon us, for his sake, as we plead that eternal covenant which thou hast made with him on our behalf." That ancient covenant was made With David and the far more ancient covenant of grace was made with great David’s greater Son," our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.