Psalms 132

1 A song of ascents. Remember, O Lord, David all his sufferings,

Jehovah, remember for David all his affliction,

2 the oath that he swore to the Lord, and his vow to the Strong One of Jacob,

how he swore to Jehovah, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3 never to enter his tent, never to lie on his bed,

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed,

4 never to give his eyes sleep or his eyelids slumber,

I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

5 till he had found a place for the Lord, for the Strong One of Jacob to live in.

until I find out a place for Jehovah, a tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

6 We heard of it in Ephrathah, in the fields of Jaar we found it.

Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of the wood.

7 We went to the place where he dwelt, we bowed ourselves low at his footstool.

We will go into his tabernacles. We will worship at his footstool.

8 ‘Arise, Lord, and enter your resting-place, you and your mighty ark.

Arise, O Jehovah, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength.

9 Let your priests wear a garment of righteousness, your faithful shout aloud for joy.

Let thy priest be clothed with righteousness, and let thy sanctified shout for joy.

10 For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your Anointed.’

For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

11 The Lord swore an oath to David an oath that he will not break; ‘I will set on your throne a prince of your line.

Jehovah has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: From the fruit of thy body I will set upon thy throne.

12 If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons, too, forever, will sit on your throne.’

If thy sons will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

13 For the choice of the Lord is Zion; she is the home of his heart.

For Jehovah has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

14 ‘This is forever my resting-place, this is the home of my heart.

This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15 I will royally bless her provision, and give bread to her poor in abundance.

I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.

16 Her priests I will clothe with salvation; her faithful will shout for joy.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation, and her sanctified shall shout aloud for joy.

17 There will I raise up for David a dynasty of power. I have set my anointed a lamp that shall never go out.

There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

18 Robes of shame I will put on his foes, but on his head a glittering crown.’

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but upon himself his crown shall flourish.