Psalms 132:1-18
A Song of the Ascents.
132 O Jehovah, remember DavidAnd all his suffering;+
2 How he swore to Jehovah,How he vowed to the Powerful One of Jacob:+
3 “I will not go into my tent, my home.+
I will not lie upon my couch, my bed;
4 I will not allow my eyes to sleep,Nor my eyelids to slumber
5 Until I find a place for Jehovah,A fine residence* for the Powerful One of Jacob.”+
6 Look! We heard about it in Ephʹra·thah;+We found it in the fields of the forest.+
7 Let us come into his residence;*+Let us bow down at his footstool.+
8 Rise up, O Jehovah, to come to your resting-place,+You and the Ark of your strength.+
9 May your priests be clothed with righteousness,And may your loyal ones shout joyfully.
10 For the sake of David your servant,Do not reject* your anointed one.+
11 Jehovah has sworn to David;He will surely not go back on his word:
“One of your offspring,*I will place on your throne.+
12 If your sons keep my covenantAnd my reminders that I teach them,+Their sons tooWill sit on your throne forever.”+
13 For Jehovah has chosen Zion;+He has desired it for his dwelling place:+
14 “This is my resting-place forever;Here I will dwell,+ for this is my desire.
15 I will richly bless it with provisions;I will satisfy its poor with bread.+
16 Its priests I will clothe with salvation,+And its loyal ones will shout joyfully.+
17 There I will make the strength* of David grow.
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.+
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,But the crown* on his head will flourish.”+
