“I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.”
Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her faithful will shout for joy. This verse parallels the earlier reference to priests and faithful in verse 9, but now specifies the content of their blessing more explicitly. Priests clothed with salvation suggests that salvation itself becomes the vestment and identity of the priestly office; those who serve in God's dwelling place are marked by redemptive purpose. The faithful shouting for joy indicates sustained celebration and jubilation; the community's response to God's dwelling-place and blessing is ecstatic and spontaneous. The doubling of priests and faithful in two consecutive verses (9 and 16) emphasizes that God's presence in Zion affects all levels of community life. The shouting for joy becomes the perpetual acoustic signature of a people who dwell in God's presence.
Church Fathers on Psalms 132:16
1. It was right indeed, most beloved, that we should rather hear our Brother, my colleague, when present before all of us. And just now he refused not, but put us off; for he extorted from me that he might now listen to me, on the condition that I also may listen to him, for in charity itself we are all listening unto Him, who is our One Master in heaven. Attend therefore to the Psalm, entitled A Song of Degrees; considerably longer than the rest under the same title. Let us…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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