Psalmorum 132
1 Canticum graduum. [Memento, Domine, David, et omnis mansuetudinis ejus:
A song of ascents. Remember, O Lord, David all his sufferings,
2 sicut juravit Domino; votum vovit Deo Jacob:
the oath that he swore to the Lord, and his vow to the Strong One of Jacob,
3 Si introiero in tabernaculum domus meæ; si ascendero in lectum strati mei;
never to enter his tent, never to lie on his bed,
4 si dedero somnum oculis meis, et palpebris meis dormitationem,
never to give his eyes sleep or his eyelids slumber,
5 et requiem temporibus meis, donec inveniam locum Domino, tabernaculum Deo Jacob.
till he had found a place for the Lord, for the Strong One of Jacob to live in.
6 Ecce audivimus eam in Ephrata; invenimus eam in campis silvæ.
We heard of it in Ephrathah, in the fields of Jaar we found it.
7 Introibimus in tabernaculum ejus; adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes ejus.
We went to the place where he dwelt, we bowed ourselves low at his footstool.
8 Surge, Domine, in requiem tuam, tu et arca sanctificationis tuæ.
‘Arise, Lord, and enter your resting-place, you and your mighty ark.
9 Sacerdotes tui induantur justitiam, et sancti tui exsultent.
Let your priests wear a garment of righteousness, your faithful shout aloud for joy.
10 Propter David servum tuum non avertas faciem christi tui.
For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your Anointed.’
11 Juravit Dominus David veritatem, et non frustrabitur eam: De fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam.
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.
12 Si custodierint filii tui testamentum meum, et testimonia mea hæc quæ docebo eos, et filii eorum usque in sæculum sedebunt super sedem tuam.
If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons, too, forever, will sit on your throne.’
13 Quoniam elegit Dominus Sion: elegit eam in habitationem sibi.
For the choice of the Lord is Zion; she is the home of his heart.
14 Hæc requies mea in sæculum sæculi; hic habitabo, quoniam elegi eam.
‘This is forever my resting-place, this is the home of my heart.
15 Viduam ejus benedicens benedicam; pauperes ejus saturabo panibus.
I will royally bless her provision, and give bread to her poor in abundance.
16 Sacerdotes ejus induam salutari, et sancti ejus exsultatione exsultabunt.
Her priests I will clothe with salvation; her faithful will shout for joy.
17 Illuc producam cornu David; paravi lucernam christo meo.
There will I raise up for David a dynasty of power. I have set my anointed a lamp that shall never go out.
18 Inimicos ejus induam confusione; super ipsum autem efflorebit sanctificatio mea.]
Robes of shame I will put on his foes, but on his head a glittering crown.’
