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LORD, remember David and all his self-denial.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/132.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />LORD, remember David and all that he suffered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/132.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Remember, O LORD, in David’s favor, all the hardships he endured,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/132.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/132.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, <i>and</i> all his afflictions:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/132.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember David <i>And</i> all his afflictions;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/132.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. Remember, LORD, in David’s behalf, All his affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/132.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. Remember, O LORD, on David&#8217s behalf, All his affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/132.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Remember, O LORD, on David’s behalf, All his affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/132.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. Remember, O Yahweh, on David’s behalf, All his affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/132.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. O LORD, remember on David’s behalf All his hardship <i>and</i> affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/132.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A song of ascents. LORD, remember David and all the hardships he endured,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/132.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />A song of ascents. LORD, remember David and all the hardships he endured, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/132.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. Jehovah, remember for David All his affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/132.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Our LORD, don't forget David and how he suffered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/132.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember for David all his affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/132.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[A song for going up to worship.] O LORD, remember David and all the hardships he endured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/132.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />LORD, do not forget David and all the hardships he endured. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/132.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />LORD, remember in David's favor all of his troubles;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/132.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/132.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A song of ascents. O LORD, for David's sake remember all his strenuous effort, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/132.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />[A Song of Ascents.] LORD, remember David and all his affliction,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/132.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David and all his afflictions;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/132.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/132.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Remember, YHWH, for David, all his afflictions;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/132.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/132.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Song of ascensions. Remember, O Jehovah, for David with all his affliction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/132.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/132.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 131:1>A Canticle in steps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/132.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Remember, O LORD, for David all his hardships; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/132.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O LORD, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/132.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/132.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH, remember David and all his affliction!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/132.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember unto David All his affliction;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/132.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, and all his meekness:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/132-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=16573" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/132.htm">Remember David's Affliction</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7892.htm" title="7892: šîr (N-msc) -- A song, singing. Or feminine shiyrah; from shiyr; a song; abstractly, singing.">A song</a> <a href="/hebrew/4609.htm" title="4609: ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Feminine of ma'aleh; elevation, i.e. The act, or the condition; specifically a climactic progression.">of ascents.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God."> O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: zə·ḵō·wr- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">remember</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (Prep) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">on behalf</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">of David</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6031.htm" title="6031: ‘un·nō·w·ṯōw (V-Pual-Inf:: 3ms) -- To be bowed down or afflicted. A primitive root; to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">the hardships he endured,</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">2 Samuel 7:8-16</a></span><br />Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel. / I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land. / And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">1 Chronicles 17:11-14</a></span><br />And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-29.htm">Acts 2:29-30</a></span><br />Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. / But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/6-12.htm">2 Samuel 6:12-15</a></span><br />Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing. / When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. / And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">1 Kings 8:25</a></span><br />Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/22-7.htm">1 Chronicles 22:7-10</a></span><br />“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, / but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me. / But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/23-1.htm">2 Samuel 23:1-5</a></span><br />These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel: / The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue. / The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a></span><br />He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-1.htm">1 Kings 2:1-4</a></span><br />As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon, / “I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man. / And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-2.htm">1 Chronicles 28:2-7</a></span><br />Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it, / but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’ / Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Acts 13:22-23</a></span><br />After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ / From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-1.htm">2 Samuel 7:1-2</a></span><br />After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him, / he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-17.htm">1 Kings 8:17-19</a></span><br />Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. / But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. / Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">1 Chronicles 17:1-2</a></span><br />After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.” / And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/1-5.htm">Hebrews 1:5</a></span><br />For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/120-1.htm">Psalm 120:1</a></b></br> A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/121-1.htm">Psalm 121:1</a></b></br> A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/122-1.htm">Psalm 122:1</a></b></br> A Song of degrees of David. I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">remember</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/25-6.htm">Psalm 25:6,7</a></b></br> Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they <i>have been</i> ever of old… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Genesis 8:1</a></b></br> And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that <i>was</i> with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Exodus 2:24</a></b></br> And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.</p><p class="hdg">all his afflictions</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/18-1.htm">1 Samuel 18:1</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/19-1.htm">1 Samuel 19:1</a></b></br> And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/20-1.htm">1 Samuel 20:1</a></b></br> And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what <i>is</i> mine iniquity? and what <i>is</i> my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/119-153.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/psalms/44-24.htm">Afflictions</a> <a href="/psalms/131-3.htm">Ascents</a> <a href="/psalms/109-21.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/psalms/131-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/122-5.htm">David's</a> <a href="/psalms/131-1.htm">Degrees</a> <a href="/psalms/123-4.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/psalms/119-58.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/psalms/73-5.htm">Hardships</a> <a href="/psalms/119-55.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/psalms/131-3.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/119-148.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/psalms/129-2.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/psalms/130-1.htm">Up&Gt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/10-1.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/mark/3-10.htm">Afflictions</a> <a href="/psalms/132-18.htm">Ascents</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Behalf</a> <a href="/psalms/132-10.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/132-10.htm">David's</a> <a href="/psalms/133-1.htm">Degrees</a> <a href="/matthew/10-22.htm">Endured</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-4.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/acts/14-22.htm">Hardships</a> <a href="/psalms/137-6.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/psalms/132-18.htm">Song</a> <a href="/psalms/139-2.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/psalms/142-2.htm">Troubles</a> <a href="/psalms/134-1.htm">Up&Gt</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 132</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/132-1.htm">David in his prayer commends unto God the reverent care he had for the ark</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/132-8.htm">His prayer at the removing of the ark</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/132-11.htm">With a repetition of God's promises</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/132.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/132.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>A song of ascents.</b><br>This phrase indicates that <a href="/psalms/132.htm">Psalm 132</a> is part of the Songs of Ascents, a collection of Psalms (120-134) traditionally sung by Hebrew pilgrims as they ascended to Jerusalem for the three major feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. The ascent is both physical, as Jerusalem is situated on a hill, and spiritual, symbolizing drawing closer to God. The Songs of Ascents are characterized by themes of worship, trust, and reliance on God.<p><b>O LORD,</b><br>The invocation of "LORD" uses the covenant name of God, Yahweh, emphasizing a personal and relational aspect of God with His people. This name is significant in the context of the Davidic covenant, where God promises David an everlasting dynasty (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-16</a>). The use of this name underscores the psalmist's appeal to God's faithfulness and covenantal promises.<p><b>remember on behalf of David</b><br>The plea for God to "remember" is a call for divine action based on past promises. In biblical terms, remembering often implies acting in accordance with a covenant. David is central to this request, as he is the recipient of God's promise of a lasting dynasty. This phrase connects to the Davidic Covenant, where God assures David that his throne will be established forever, a promise ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Son of David (<a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a>).<p><b>all the hardships he endured,</b><br>David's life was marked by significant trials, including his years of fleeing from King Saul, internal family strife, and challenges in establishing his kingdom. These hardships are seen as part of his preparation and testing as God's chosen king. The mention of David's endurance highlights his faithfulness and reliance on God despite adversity. This endurance is a type of Christ, who also endured suffering and hardship for the sake of God's kingdom (<a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2-3</a>). David's perseverance serves as an example of steadfast faith in the face of trials, a theme echoed throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, King David is remembered for his devotion to God and his desire to build a temple for the Lord. His life was marked by both triumphs and trials, including his time as a fugitive and his reign as king.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is being petitioned to remember David's hardships. This reflects the relationship between God and His chosen people, Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hardships.htm">Hardships</a></b><br>Refers to the various trials and tribulations David faced throughout his life, including his battles, his time fleeing from Saul, and the personal struggles he encountered.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>Just as God remembered David's hardships and fulfilled His promises, we can trust in God's faithfulness to His Word in our own lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_perseverance.htm">The Importance of Perseverance</a></b><br>David's life exemplifies perseverance through trials. Believers are encouraged to endure hardships with faith, knowing that God sees and remembers their struggles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prayer_in_remembrance.htm">The Role of Prayer in Remembrance</a></b><br>The psalmist's plea for God to remember David's hardships underscores the power of prayer in bringing our concerns before God and trusting Him to act.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faithfulness.htm">Legacy of Faithfulness</a></b><br>David's commitment to God left a lasting legacy. Our actions and faithfulness can impact future generations, encouraging us to live with purpose and devotion.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_132.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 132</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_believers_face_hardship_today.htm">If Psalm 3 assures the faithful of protection, why do many believers still face hardship or unanswered pleas today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_david_visit_the_'lord's_house'.htm">Psalm 122:1: How could David have gone to the 'house of the LORD' if the temple was built later under Solomon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_david_call_the_messiah_'my_lord'.htm">In Psalm 110:1, how could David refer to the Messiah as 'my Lord' if the Messiah was supposed to be his descendant?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_faithful_still_suffer.htm">Psalm 20:1 - If this verse promises divine help in trouble, why do so many faithful people still suffer without apparent intervention?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/132.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">Afflictions.</span>--The word so rendered is the infinitive plural of a verb, which in its first sense means to <span class= "ital">declare </span>or <span class= "ital">tell. </span>It is better to keep this meaning here, "Lord, remember David and all his declarations".<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/132.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-5.</span> - David's abasement and vow to God. The historical books give no account of this vow, which, however, may have been recorded in one or other of the lost compositions spoken of so frequently in Chronicles (<a href="/1_chronicles/29-29.htm">1 Chronicles 29:29</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/9-29.htm">2 Chronicles 9:29</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/16-11.htm">2 Chronicles 16:11</a>, etc.). <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions</span>; rather, <span class="accented">remember to David all his affliction</span>; <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. reckon it to him, and reward him for it. The "affliction" intended is the distress that David felt at the thought that, while he dwelt in a house of cedar, the ark of God was only lodged within curtains (<a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">2 Samuel 7:2</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/132-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">A Song</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁ֗יר</span> <span class="translit">(šîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7892.htm">Strong's 7892: </a> </span><span class="str2">A song, singing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Ascents.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4609.htm">Strong's 4609: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elevation, the act, the condition, a climactic progression</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remember</span><br /><span class="heb">זְכוֹר־</span> <span class="translit">(zə·ḵō·wr-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on behalf</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֝ת</span> <span class="translit">(’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of David</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָוִ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the hardships he endured,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֻנּוֹתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘un·nō·w·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6031.htm">Strong's 6031: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be bowed down or afflicted</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/132-1.htm">Psalm 132:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/132-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 132:1 A Song of Ascents (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/131-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 131:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 131:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/132-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 132:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 132:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>