I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
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
David could not sleep because the ark had no house, and his words burn with the intensity of a man consumed by this passion. Oh, that God's people felt even a fraction of this fire about His cause instead of slumbering soundly while the things of God waste away through their own indifference.
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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