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Mazmur 132:8

Bangunlah, ya TUHAN, dan pergilah ke tempat perhentian-Mu, Engkau serta tabut kekuatan-Mu!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Intercession;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Peace;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Poetry;   Shechinah;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallel;   Psalms;   Rest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Mansion ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Degrees;   Psalms the book of;   Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Rest;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Bangunlah, ya TUHAN, dan pergilah ke tempat perhentian-Mu, Engkau serta tabut kekuatan-Mu!
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bangkitlah kiranya, ya Tuhan! silakanlah datang kepada perhentian-Mu, baik Engkau baik tabut kodrat-Mu!

Contextual Overview

1 O God be mindfull of Dauid: with all his affliction. 2 Who swore vnto God: who made a vowe vnto the most mightie [Lorde] of Iacob. 3 [Saying] I wyll not enter into the tabernacle of my house: nor get vp into my bed. 4 I wyll not suffer myne eyes to slepe: nor myne eye liddes to slumber. 5 Untill I finde out a place for the temple of God: an habitation for the most mightie Lorde of Iacob. 6 Beholde, we hearde it to be at Ephratha: we founde it in the fieldes of the forest. 7 We wyll go into his tabernacle: and fall downe on our knees before his footestoole. 8 Aryse O God [for to come] into thy resting place: thou and the arke of thy strength. 9 Let thy priestes be clothed with righteousnes: and let thy saintes make a ioyfull noyse. 10 For thy seruaunt Dauids sake: turne not away [from] the face of thyne annoynted.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Arise: Psalms 68:1, Numbers 10:35, Numbers 10:36, 2 Chronicles 6:41, 2 Chronicles 6:42

the ark: Psalms 78:61

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:17 - they brought 1 Chronicles 6:31 - after that 1 Chronicles 16:1 - in the midst 2 Chronicles 5:7 - the priests Psalms 24:7 - shall Psalms 105:4 - his strength Psalms 132:14 - my rest Ezekiel 24:21 - the excellency

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Arise, O Lord, into thy rest,.... Which words, and what follow, were used by Solomon at the dedication of the temple; and with which he concluded his prayer, 2 Chronicles 6:41; and so may be a request to the Lord, that he would take up his residence in the temple built for him, where he would have a firm and stable place of rest; who, from the time of Israel's coming out of Egypt, had not dwelt in a house; but had walked in a tent or tabernacle from place to place, 2 Samuel 6:6; and that he would take up his abode in his church, the antitype of the temple, and rest in his love there, and cause his people to rest also; see Psalms 132:13;

thou, and the ark of thy strength; the Targum is,

"thou, and the ark in which is thy law.''

This is sometimes called the strength of the Lord; because by it he showed his great strength in destroying the enemies of his people, the Philistines and others; see Psalms 78:61. It was a type of Christ, who is the power of God, and the mighty God; and, as man, made strong by the Lord; and, as Mediator, has all strength in him for his people. And so the words may be considered as a request to him, either to arise and enter into his rest in heaven, having done his work of redemption and salvation here on earth, for which he became incarnate; or to grant his presence with his church, and take up his rest there, and give them spiritual peace and rest for their souls.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arise, O Lord, into thy rest - Into that which is appointed for its permanent place of repose, that it may no longer be removed from spot to spot. This is spoken of the ark, considered as the place where God, by an appropriate symbol, abode. That symbol - the Shechinah - rested on the cover of the ark. The same language was used by Solomon at the dedication of the temple: “Now, therefore, arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength,” 2 Chronicles 6:41.

Thou, and the ark of thy strength - The ark, the symbol of the divine power, as if the power of God resided there, or as if the Almighty had his abode there. Perhaps the language was derived from the fact that the ark, in the wars of the Hebrews against their foes, was a symbol of the divine presence and protection - that by which the divine power was put forth.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 132:8. Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou and the ark of thy strength. — Using the same expressions which Solomon used when he dedicated the temple, 2 Chronicles 6:41-42. There are several difficulties in these passages. Ephratah may mean the tribe of Ephraim; and then we may understand the place thus: "I have learned that the ark had been in the tribe of Ephraim, and I have seen it at Kirjath-jearim, or Field of the woods; but this is not a proper place for it, for the Lord hath chosen Jerusalem." It is true that the ark did remain in that tribe from the days of Joshua to Samuel, during three hundred and twenty-eight years; and thence it was brought to Kirjath-jearim, where it continued seventy years, till the commencement of the reign of David over all Israel.

But if we take Psalms 132:6-8, not as the continuation of David's vow, but as the words of the captives in Babylon, the explanation will be more plain and easy: "We have heard, O Lord, from our fathers, that thy tabernacle was formerly a long time at Shiloh, in the tribe of Ephraim. And our history informs us that it has been also at Kirjath-jearim, the fields of the wood; and afterwards it was brought to Jerusalem, and there established: but Jerusalem is now ruined, the temple destroyed, and thy people in captivity. Arise, O Lord, and re-establish thy dwelling-place in thy holy city!" See Calmet and others on this place.


 
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