Psalms 132:1
“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” O LORD! remember David, And all his affliction!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
In Context
2How he sware to Jehovah, And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
Cross References
Psalms 25:6Remember thy loving-kindness, O LORD! and thy tender mercy, Which thou hast exercised of old!
Psalms 120:1“A psalm of steps.” In my distress I called upon the LORD, And he answered me.
Psalms 122:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” I was glad when they said to me, Let us go up to the house of the LORD!
Psalms 124:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up. By David.” If the LORD had not been for us, Now may Israel say,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 132:1
It is probable that this psalm was penned by Solomon, to be sung at the dedication of the temple which he built according to the charge his father gave him, 1 Chron. xxviii. 2 , &c. Having fulfilled his trust, he begs of God to own what he had done. I. He had built this house for the honour and service of God; and when he brings the ark into it, the token of God's presence, he desires that God himself would come and take possession of it, ver. 8-10 . With these words Solomon concluded his prayer, 2 Chron. vi. 41,… Read the whole commentary →