Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

132:8-10 Continue Blessing the People and Its Leaders. Adapting the words of Solomon's prayer, the worshipers pray that God will be present in his chosen resting place. Envisioning the scene in Jerusalem, the worshipers pray that Israel will be true to its calling, i.e., that the priests (who lead worship and teach the Scriptures at the sanctuary) would be clothed with righteousness (i.e., would be genuinely godly men; cf. Mal. 2:6-7), that the saints (the people, esp. the pious ones) would shout for joy (celebrating what God has done; cf. Ps. 126:2), and that God would not turn away the face of his anointed one (i.e., would continue showing favor to David's heirs, so that Israel would remain a secure home for piety).