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Christ: The Horn and The Lamp
Commentators agree this verse points directly to Jesus Christ. The 'horn of David' symbolizes the budding strength and growing power of the Messiah's kingdom. The 'ordained lamp' represents Christ as the enduring light for God's people, a light that will never be extinguished. As one scholar notes, the promise that this would happen 'there' (in Zion) is evidence that the Messiah has already come.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 132:17
18th Century
Theologian
There will I make your horn of David to bud - The horn was an emblem of power, and then of success or prosperity. See the notes at …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 132:17
19th Century
Bishop
Horn of David. —The sprouting or growing horn is an image of young, vigorous life. (See Note, Psalms 75:5.) The Messian…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 132:17
19th Century
Preacher
I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
His name will never go out like an extinguished lamp. If it is blown out once, as it were, i…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 132:17
16th Century
Theologian
There will I make, etc. He reverts to the state of the kingdom, which God had promised to take under His care and protection. We should at…
John Gill
On Psalms 132:17
17th Century
Pastor
There will I make the horn of David to bud
Which the Targum interprets "a glorious" King; and both Kimchi and Ben Melech, and …
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 132:11–18
17th Century
Minister
The Lord never turns from us when we plead the covenant with his anointed Prophet, Priest, and King. How vast is the love of God to man, that he sh…