“Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.”
Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let Your faithful sing for joy. This verse connects God's entrance into the sanctuary to the renewal and blessing of the priestly order that serves in that sanctuary. Clothing with righteousness suggests that priests are invested with moral authority and spiritual legitimacy; their righteousness is not personal achievement but a gift that comes with proximity to God's resting place. The faithful singing for joy indicates that God's dwelling among the people produces joy and celebration throughout the community. The parallelism of priests/faithful suggests that both leadership and people participate in the joy that God's presence generates. This verse reveals that God's localization in the sanctuary has immediate effects on the community's spiritual condition and emotional state.
Church Fathers on Psalms 132:9
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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