Psalms 132:2

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹A Song of Ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured, ²how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:³"I will not enter my house or get into my bed, ⁴I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, ⁵until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." ⁶We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar. ⁷Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool. ⁸Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. ⁹May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy. ¹⁰For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he sware: Psalms 56:12, Psalms 65:1, Psalms 66:13, Psalms 66:14, Psalms 116:14-18, Psalms 119:106, 2 Samuel 7:1

the mighty: Psalms 132:5, Psalms 46:11, Psalms 50:1, Psalms 146:5, Psalms 146:6, Genesis 49:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:20 - vowed Exodus 3:6 - I am Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Numbers 21:2 - vowed 1 Samuel 1:11 - remember Isaiah 45:23 - every tongue John 12:3 - ointment

Gill's Notes on the Bible

How he sware unto the Lord, [and] vowed unto the mighty [God] of Jacob. Whom Jacob called so, Genesis 49:24; and to whom he vowed a vow, and is the first we read of that did make one, and it was concerning the house of God, Genesis 28:17; and who had an experience of the might and power of God in protecting and defending him from his brother Esau: of this oath and vow of David no mention is made elsewhere, but no doubt they were made; see Psalms 119:106; of the Messiah's swearing, though upon another account, to whom this may be applied, see Isaiah 45:23.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

How he sware unto the Lord - The solemn oath which he took that he would make this the first object; that he would give himself no rest until this was done; that he would sacrifice his personal ease and comfort in order that he might thus honor God. This oath or purpose is not recorded in the history. The fair interpretation of this would be either

(1) that these words properly expressed what was in the mind of David at the time - that is, his acts implied that this purpose was in his heart; or

(2) that this vow was actually made by David, though not elsewhere recorded. Such a vow might have been made, and the remembrance of it kept up by tradition, or it might have been suggested to the author of the psalm by direct inspiration.

And vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob - See Genesis 49:24. The God whom Jacob worshipped, and who had manifested himself so signally to him as a God of might or power.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 132:2. How he sware unto the Lord — It is only in this place that we are informed of David's vow to the Lord, relative to the building of the temple; but we find he had fully purposed the thing.