A Song of the Ascents.
132 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 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.+
11 Jehovah has sworn to David,+
Truly he will not draw back from it:+
“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 as a dwelling for himself:+
14 “This is my resting-place forever;+
Here I shall dwell, for I have longed for it.+
15 Its provisions I shall bless without fail.+
Its poor ones I shall satisfy with bread.+
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.+
18 His enemies I shall clothe with shame;+
But upon him his diadem+ will flourish.”+