What is the meaning of Psalm 132:10? For the sake of Your servant David “FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SERVANT DAVID” spotlights God’s covenant loyalty. The petition leans on the promise He made in 2 Samuel 7:12-16 that David would never lack a man on the throne. By invoking David: • The worshipers remember Psalm 89:3-4, where God swore, “I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant: I will establish your offspring forever.” • They appeal to the way Solomon prayed at the temple dedication in 2 Chronicles 6:42, “O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember the loving devotion pledged to Your servant David.” • They affirm that God’s past faithfulness is the ground of confidence for present needs (Lamentations 3:22-23; Hebrews 10:23). Because God’s name is staked on David’s line, the psalmists dare to come boldly, trusting that He who kept David will keep them as well. do not reject “DO NOT REJECT” is a plea against divine displeasure and abandonment. The verb echoes times when God did set kings aside—Saul in 1 Samuel 15:26—reminding the singers that unfaithfulness brings loss. Yet: • Psalm 94:14 assures, “For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.” • Psalm 51:11 records David’s own cry after sin, “Do not cast me away from Your presence.” • 1 Kings 8:57 voices a similar hope: “May the LORD our God be with us… may He never leave us nor forsake us.” The petition, therefore, is both a confession of dependence and a request for continued mercy: “Lord, keep turning toward us, not away from us.” Your anointed one “YOUR ANOINTED ONE” identifies the king God set apart. Immediately, the words point to the reigning son of David—likely Solomon or a later monarch (see 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 1:39). Yet the phrase also overflows toward the ultimate Anointed: • Psalm 2:2 speaks of “the LORD and His Anointed,” a foreshadowing of Christ. • Isaiah 9:6-7 promises a royal Son whose government will never end. • Luke 1:32-33 announces Jesus as the heir to “the throne of His father David.” Bullet-point glimpses of “anointed”: • Set apart by divine choice (1 Samuel 16:13). • Empowered by the Spirit for righteous rule (Psalm 72:1-4). • Representative of the people before God (2 Chronicles 7:17-18). Ultimately the prayer “do not reject Your anointed one” reaches its fullest answer in the resurrection of Jesus, where God forever vindicated His chosen King (Acts 2:29-36; Romans 1:4). summary • The verse anchors its appeal in God’s unbreakable covenant with David. • It humbly asks God to keep showing favor, aware of the consequences of rejection. • It centers on the anointed king, culminating in Christ, through whom the promise is eternally secure. Psalm 132:10, then, is a confident, covenant-saturated cry for ongoing grace, fulfilled completely in the everlasting reign of Jesus the Messiah. |
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