Psalms, 132

A Song of the Ascents.

¹ Remember, O Jehovah, concerning David All his humiliations;

² How he swore to Jehovah, How he vowed to the Powerful One of Jacob:

³ “I will not go into the tent of my house. I will not go up on the divan of my grand lounge,

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, Nor slumber to my own beaming eyes,

⁵ Until I find a place for Jehovah, A grand tabernacle^*1 for the Powerful One of Jacob.”

⁶ Look! We have heard it in Ephʹra·thah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

⁷ Let us come into his grand tabernacle; Let us bow down at his footstool.

⁸ Do arise, O Jehovah, to your resting-place, You and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests themselves be clothed with righteousness, And let your own loyal ones cry out joyfully.

¹⁰ On account of David your servant, Do not turn back the face of your anointed one.^*1

¹¹ Jehovah has sworn to David, Truly he will not draw back from it:^*1 “Of the fruitage of your belly I shall set on your throne.

¹² If your sons will keep my covenant And my reminders that I shall teach them, Their sons also forever Will sit upon your throne.”

¹³ For Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has longed for it^*1 as a dwelling for himself:

¹⁴ “This is my resting-place forever; Here I shall dwell, for I have longed for it.

¹⁵ Its^*1 provisions I shall bless without fail. Its poor ones I shall satisfy with bread.^*2

¹⁶ And its priests I shall clothe with salvation; And its loyal ones will without fail cry out joyfully.

¹⁷ There I shall cause the horn of David to grow. I have set in order a lamp for my anointed one.^*1

¹⁸ His enemies I shall clothe with shame; But upon him his diadem will flourish.”^*1