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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 132
It - Of the ark. Ephratah - In the tribe of Ephraim, which was called also Ephratah. Found it - Afterwards we found it in Kirjath - jearim, which signifies a city of woods, in the territory whereof the ark was seated for twenty years.
Tabernacles - Into his temple. Footstool - The ark, is often said to sit between the cherubim, which were above the ark.
Rest - Into thy resting place, the temple so called, Isaiah 66:1 , where thou hast now a fixed habitation. The ark - The seat of thy powerful and glorious presence.
David's sake - In regard of thy promises vouchsafed to David. Turn not - Cast me not out of thy presence. Of - Of me whom thou hast anointed to be king over thy people.
There - In Jerusalem. To bud - His power and glory to flourish. A lamp - A successor to continue for ever in his family, as this phrase is expounded 1 Kings 11:36 , 1 Kings 15:4 , and particularly one eminent and glorious light, namely, the Messiah.
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