132:1 LORD, remember in David's favor all of his troubles;
132:2 how he swore an oath to the LORD, vowing to the Mighty One of Jacob,
132:3 "I will not enter my house, or lie down on my bed,
132:4 or let myself go to sleep or even take a nap,
132:5 until I locate a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
132:6 We heard about it in Ephrata; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
132:7 Let's go to his dwelling place and worship at his footstool.
132:8 Arise, LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength.
132:9 May your priests be clothed with righteousness and may your godly ones shout for joy.
132:10 For the sake of your servant David, don't turn away the face of your anointed one.
132:11 The LORD made an oath to David from which he will not retreat: "One of your sons I will set in place on your throne.
132:12 If your sons keep my covenant and my statutes that I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever."
132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.
132:14 "This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, because I desire to do so.
132:15 I will bless its provisions abundantly; I will satiate its poor with food.
132:16 I will clothe its priests with salvation and its godly ones will shout for joy.
132:17 There I will create a power base for David— I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
132:18 I will clothe his enemies with disgrace, but on him his crown will shine."
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