SEV Biblia, Chapter 132:8
Levántate, oh SEŃOR, a tu reposo; tú y el arca de tu fortaleza.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 131:8
Verse 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 Chron. vi. 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 ver. 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 reestablish thy dwelling-place in thy holy city!" See Calmet and others on this place.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-10 - David bound himself to find a place for the Lord, for the ark, the token of God's presence. When work is to be done for the Lord, it is good to tie ourselves to a time. It is good in the morning to fix upo work for the day, with submission to Providence, for we know not what day may bring forth. And we should first, and without delay, seek to have our own hearts made a habitation of God through the Spirit. He prays that God would take up his dwelling in the habitation he ha built; that he would give grace to the ministers of the sanctuary to d their duty. David pleads that he was the anointed of the Lord, and thi he pleads as a type of Christ, the great Anointed. We have no merit of our own to plead; but, for His sake, in whom there is a fulness of merit, let us find favour. And every true believer in Christ, is a anointed one, and has received from the Holy One the oil of true grace The request is, that God would not turn away, but hear and answer their petitions for his Son's sake.
Original Hebrew
קומה 6965 יהוה 3068 למנוחתך 4496 אתה 859 וארון 727 עזך׃ 5797
