132:0 A Song of Ascents.
132:1 Remember, O LORD, in David's favor, all the hardships he endured;
132:2 how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
132:3 "I will not enter my house or get into my bed;
132:4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
132:5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
132:6 Lo, we heard of it in Eph'rathah, we found it in the fields of Ja'ar.
132:7 "Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool!"
132:8 Arise, O LORD, and go to thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy might.
132:9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.
132:10 For thy servant David's sake do not turn away the face of thy anointed one.
132:11 The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
132:12 If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies which I shall teach them, their sons also for ever shall sit upon your throne."
132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation:
132:14 "This is my resting place for ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
132:15 I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
132:16 Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
132:17 There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
132:18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon himself his crown will shed its luster."
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