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132:1  A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord. Lord, remember David and all the times he didn’t do what he wanted.
132:2  Lord, he made a promise. Mighty One of Jacob, he made a promise to you.
132:3  He said, “I won’t enter my house or go to bed.
132:4  I won’t let my eyes sleep. I won’t close my eyelids
132:5  until I find a place for the Lord. I want to build a house for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
132:6  Here are the words we heard in Ephrathah. We heard them again in the fields of Kiriath Jearim.
132:7  “Let us go to the Lord’s house. Let us worship at his feet. Let us say,
132:8  ‘Lord, rise up and come to your resting place. Come in together with the ark. It’s the sign of your power.
132:9  May your priests put on godliness as if it were their clothes. May your faithful people sing for joy.’ ”
132:10  In honor of your servant David, don’t turn your back on your anointed king.
132:11  The Lord made a promise to David. It is a firm promise that he will never break. He said, “After you die, I will place one of your own sons on your throne.
132:12  If your sons keep my covenant and the laws I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.”
132:13  The Lord has chosen Zion. That’s the place where he wants to live.
132:14  He has said, “This will be my resting place for ever and ever. Here I will sit on my throne, because that’s what I want.
132:15  I will greatly bless Zion with everything it needs. I will give plenty of food to the poor people living there.
132:16  I will put salvation on its priests as if it were their clothes. God’s faithful people will always sing for joy.
132:17  “Here in Jerusalem I will raise up a mighty king from the family of David. I will set up the lamp of David’s kingdom for my anointed king. Its flame will burn brightly forever.
132:18  I will put shame on his enemies as if it were their clothes. But he will wear on his head a shining crown.”