Psalms 132

¹A song of ascents. O Yahweh, remember with regard to David all his affliction. ²How he swore to Yahweh, he vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: ³“I will not enter into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed, ⁴I will give no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids, ⁵until I find a place for Yahweh, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” ⁶Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found her in the fields of Jaar. ⁷Let us go to his dwelling places; Let us worship at his footstool. ⁸Arise, O Yahweh, to your resting place, you and your mighty ark. ⁹Let your priests clothe themselves with righteousness, and let your faithful sing for joy. ¹⁰For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of your anointed one. ¹¹Yahweh swore in truth to David; he will not turn back from it. “One from the fruit of your ⌞body⌟ I will set on your throne. ¹²If your sons will heed my covenant and my testimonies that I will teach them, their sons also forever will sit on your throne.” ¹³For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation. ¹⁴“This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it. ¹⁵I will bless its provisions abundantly; I will satisfy its poor with bread. ¹⁶I will also clothe its priests with salvation, and its faithful will shout exuberantly for joy. ¹⁷There I will cause a horn to grow for David; I will set a lamp for my anointed one. ¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on him his crown will flourish.”