“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
Whether David or Solomon wrote this Psalm matters less than what it does: it places God in remembrance of His covenant promise that His house and kingdom shall never fail. The faithful here plead His constancy, not their own merit.
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Commenting on Psalm 132:1-18
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed. Our translators give the meaning, though not the literal form, of David's vow, which ran thus, "If I go"—"If I go up", etc. This was an elliptical form of imprecation, implying more than it expressed, and having therefore about it a mystery which made it all the more solemn.
Solomon rests his plea not on his own worth but on David's covenant with God and all he endured for it. We do well to remind God of our predecessors' afflictions, services, and prayers, and of the covenant He made with them.
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Commenting on Psalm 132:1-10