Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 132:5
Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.
5. a place ] Cp. 1Ch 15:1.
a habitation &c.] A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob, where His presence might ‘dwell’ among His people (Exo 25:8-9). The word for dwelling place, or tabernacle, is in the ‘amplificative’ plural, expressing the dignity of the house of Jehovah. Cp. Psa 43:3; Psa 84:1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Until I find out a place for the Lord – A place for the ark of God; a place where it may constantly and safely remain. The symbol of the divine presence rested on the mercy-seat, the cover of the ark, and hence, this was represented as the seat or the house of God.
An habitation for the mighty God of Jacob – Hebrew, For the mighty One of Jacob. The reference is to a permanent dwelling-place for the ark. It had been moved from place to place. There was no house appropriated to it, or reared expressly for it, and David resolved to provide such a house – at first, a tent or tabernacle on Mount Zion – and then, a more spacious and magnificent structure, the temple. The latter he was not permitted to build, though the purpose was in his heart.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 5. The mighty God of Jacob.] abir yaacob, the Mighty One of Jacob. We have this epithet of God for the first time, Ge 49:24. Hence, perhaps, the abirim of the heathen, the stout ones, the strong beings.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Until I find out a place for the Lord; either,
1. Until I can understand from God what place he hath chosen for his house to be built in. Or rather,
2. Until I have fitted or raised a house in which the ark may be put;
a habitation, as this is explained both in the next clause, and in Psa 132:7; Act 7:46. For this, and not the former, was the matter both of Davids desire, and-of Gods answer delivered by Nathan, 2Sa 7.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
5. habitationliterally,”dwellings,” generally used to denote the sanctuary.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Until I find a place for the Lord,…. To build a house on for the Lord; which it seems was unknown till the times of David; for though mention had been made of a place the Lord would choose to cause his name to dwell in, yet the particular place was not pointed out,
De 12:11. David was very solicitous to find it out, and did,
1Ch 22:1;
an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob; [See comments on Ps 132:2]; or “habitations”, or “tabernacles” t; the temple, which is meant, consisting of three parts, the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies; this was typical of the human nature of Christ, the temple of his body, the tabernacle of God’s pitching, Joh 2:19; in which the fulness of the Godhead dwells, the glory of God is seen, and through whom he grants his presence to his people; and also of the church of God, the temple of the living God, where he dwells and is worshipped: and that this might be a fit habitation for God was the great desire of the Messiah, and not only the end and issue of his sufferings and death, but also the design of his preparations and intercession in heaven, Joh 14:2.
t “habitacula”, Pagninus, Montanus; “tabernacula”, Musculus, Vatablus, Cocceius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
5. Place Abiding place, a settled abode.
Habitation Hebrew, tabernacles; the word is plural as in Psa 132:7.
Mighty God of Jacob Mighty One of Jacob, same as Gen 49:24, of which it is a quotation.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.
Ver. 5. Until I find out a place for the Lord ] The Jewish doctors tell us, that as the earth is in the middle of the world, so is Judea in the middle of the earth, Jerusalem in the middle of Judea, the temple in the middle of Jerusalem, and the ark in the middle of the temple.
An habitation
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
An habitation. Plural of Majesty. Hebrew. mishkan (App-40.)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
I find: 2Sa 6:17, 1Ch 15:3, 1Ch 15:12, Act 7:46
an habitation: Heb. habitations, 1Ki 8:27, 2Ch 2:6, Isa 66:1, Act 7:47-49, Eph 2:22
for the mighty: Psa 132:2
Reciprocal: Gen 49:24 – the mighty Exo 15:2 – an habitation 2Sa 7:2 – the ark 1Ch 17:1 – the ark 1Ch 22:7 – it was in 2Ch 1:4 – for he had pitched 2Ch 6:2 – I have built
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
132:5 Until I find out a place for the {c} LORD, an habitation for the mighty [God] of Jacob.
(c) That is, the ark, which was a sign of God’s presence.