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The “for the sake of David” is here set forth in detail. אֱמֶת in Psa 132:11 is not the accusative of the object, but an adverbial accusative. The first member of the verse closes with לדוד, which has the distinctive Pazer, which is preceded by Legarmeh as a sub-distinctive; then follows at the head of the second member אֱמֶת with Zinnor, then לֹא־יָשׁוּב מִמֶּנָּה with Olewejored and its conjunctive Galgal, which regularly precedes after the sub-distinctive Zinnor. The suffix of מִמֶּנָּה refers to that which was affirmed by oath, as in Jer 4:28. Lineal descendants of David will Jahve place on the throne (לְכִסֵּא like לְרֹאשִׁי in Psa 21:4) to him, i.e., so that they shall follow his as possessors of the throne. David's children shall for ever (which has been finally fulfilled in Christ) sit לְכִסֵּא to him (cf. Jer 9:5; Jer 36:7). Thus has Jahve promised, and expects in return from the sons of David the observance of His Law. Instead of עֵדֹתַי זוּ it is pointed עֵדֹתִי זֹו. In Hahn's edition עֵדֹתִי has Mercha in the penult. (cf. the retreat of the tone in זֶה אֲדֹנִי, Dan 10:17), and in Baer's edition the still better attested reading Mahpach instead of the counter-tone Metheg, and Mercha on the ultima. It is not plural with a singular suffix (cf. Deu 28:59, Ges. §91, 3), but, as זֹו = זֹאת indicates, the singular for עֵדוּתִי, like תַּֽחֲנֹתִי for תַּֽחֲנוּתִי in 2Ki 6:8; and signifies the revelation of God as an attestation of His will. אֲלַמְּדֵם has Mercha mahpach., זֹו Rebia parvum, and עֵדֹתִי Mercha; and according to the interpunction it would have to be rendered: “and My self-attestation there” (vid., on Psa 9:16), but zow is relative: My self-attestation (revelation), which I teach them. The divine words extend to the end of Psa 132:12. The hypotheses with אִם, as the fulfilment in history shows, were conditions of the continuity of the Davidic succession; not, however - because human unfaithfulness does not annul the faithfulness of God - of the endlessness of the Davidic throne. In Psa 132:13 the poet states the ground of such promissory mercy. It is based on the universal mercy of the election of Jerusalem. אִוָּהּ has He mappic. like עִנָּה in Deu 22:29, or the stroke of Raphe (Ew. §247, d), although the suffix is not absolutely necessary. In the following strophe the purport of the election of Jerusalem is also unfolded in Jahve's own words.