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132:1  Lord, remember David— all the ways he suffered
132:2  and how he swore to the Lord, how he promised the strong one of Jacob:
132:3  “I won’t enter my house, won’t get into my bed.
132:4  I won’t let my eyes close, won’t let my eyelids sleep,
132:5  until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling place for the strong one of Jacob.”
132:6  Yes, we heard about it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
132:7  Let’s enter God’s dwelling place; let’s worship at the place God rests his feet!
132:8  Get up, Lord, go to your residence— you and your powerful covenant chest!
132:9  Let your priests be dressed in righteousness; let your faithful shout out with joy!
132:10  And for the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one.
132:11  The Lord swore to David a true promise that God won’t take back: “I will put one of your own children on your throne.
132:12  And if your children keep my covenant and the laws that I will teach them, then their children too will rule on your throne forever.”
132:13  Because the Lord chose Zion; he wanted it for his home.
132:14  “This is my residence forever. I will live here because I wanted it for myself.
132:15  I will most certainly bless its food supply; I will fill its needy full of food!
132:16  I will dress its priests in salvation, and its faithful will shout out loud with joy!
132:17  It is there that I will make David’s strength thrive. I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one there.
132:18  I will dress his enemies in shame, but the crown he wears will shine.”