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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Arise, O LORD into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. Let us pray that the Lord may constantly find rest in the midst of his people. He finds rest in them because they are one with his well-beloved Son. Come, Lord, at this moment, and take thy rest in the midst of this assembly, and make us all rest in thee.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness,.... In 2 Chronicles 6:41; it is, "with salvation", as in Psalms 132:16. Either the ministers of the word; who may be said to be clothed with righteousness when they perform their work righteously, and faithfully dispense the word, keep back nothing that is profitable, and administer the ordinances...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; This is the best robe for all God’s holy ones, who are priests and kings unto him; this is better than snow white linen or robes bedecked with crimson and gold. Psa_132:9. And let thy saints shout for joy. The worship of God should be very gladsome and even demonstrative. We may shout. Sometimes...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thy servant David's sake,.... Not for any virtues, or excellencies or merits, of David, literally understood; rather for the sake of the covenant and promises made with him: but for the sake of the antitypical David, the Messiah, the son of David according to the flesh, and the servant of the Lord as Mediator; for whose sake, and in whose...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. Much more may we ask this for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake. O God, remember thy Son, our Lord and our King, and for his sake look in love and pity upon us today !
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The Lord hath sworn [in] truth unto David,.... By Nathan the prophet; when he assured him that his house, kingdom, and throne, should be established for ever, 2 Samuel 7:5; and though there is no mention made of the oath of God, no doubt there was one; or however his word was his oath, as Kimchi observes: besides, the Apostle Peter is express for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it, Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. That was literally fulfilled in a long line of kings, but it is more gloriously fulfilled in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ. David the prophet-king is dead; but he, seeing before that God would raise up Christ, laid hold...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David, he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. Long did the house of David reign over Israel; but they proved unfaithful, and therefore...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If thy children will keep my covenant, and my testimony that I shall teach them,.... The former part of the promise and oath is absolute, respecting the Messiah; but this is conditional, and relates to the seed of David, both immediate, and in succeeding generations; proposing their observance of the law of God, as the condition of their enjoying...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. And so it would have been; the kingdom of Israel would never have been broken up, either by internal rebellion or external attack, if it had not been that the kings flagrantly turned aside from God. He bore...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the Lord hath chosen Zion,.... Not only to build upon it the temple in a literal sense, and for the place of his worship; but also for the seat of his majesty, and over which he has set his Son as King; and all this from the love he bears to Zion, which, in a figurative and spiritual sense, is his church; whom he has chosen to privileges, to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. Here are some of the sweetest words that ever were written; there are fathomless depths of sweetness in them, for here we have the truth concerning the election of the Church of God: “The Lord hath chosen Zion.” Some men cannot endure to hear the doctrine of election — I suppose...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. The literal Zion was the Lord’s habitation for a time, but the spiritual Zion will be his dwelling place throughout eternity.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
This [is] my rest for ever,.... The rest of my majesty, as the Targum; the place of his rest: and this being for ever shows that not Mount Zion literally, nor the temple, are meant; but the church and people of God, in whom he rests in his love, and rejoices over with joy; who are the objects of his delight, and with whom he abides for ever; for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is my rest for ever: Is it not wonderful that God, Jehovah, should say of his people, “This is my rest for ever”? Now, if he rests, I am sure that we may. It is very remarkable that, when God was making the world, he never rested till he had fitted it up for his child, and everything was ready for Adam. God never stopped his work till there...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. God rests in his people; the whole company of the redeemed shall be his abiding place for ever.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will abundantly bless her provision,.... The provision of Zion, the church of God, the word and ordinances, of which Christ is the sum and substance; the Gospel is milk for babes, and meat for strong men; the ordinances are a feast of fat things; Christ's flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink deed; the whole provision is spiritual, savoury,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will abundantly bless her provision: By which I understand that there will be provision, that there will be abundant provision, and that there will be abundant blessing on that provision. God grant that we may always find it so! Let us plead this precious “I will:” “I will abundantly bless her provision? Psa_132:15. I will satisfy her poor with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will abundantly bless her provision: will satisfy her poor with bread. God sends the needful provision for his people, and sends his blessing with it. We are so poor that we have not even spiritual bread for our souls to eat unless he gives it to us; but here is his gracious promise, “ I will satisfy her poor with bread.” This he will do both...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will also clothe her priests with salvation,.... With the garments of salvation, as the Targum; in answer to the petition, Psalms 132:9; but more is promised than prayed for, "salvation" including "righteousness" and all other blessings; and may be interpreted, as there, either of the ministers of the Gospel clothed with the doctrine of...