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132:1  A Song of Ascents. O Lord, remember in David’s favour all the hardships he endured;
132:2  how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
132:3  ‘I will not enter my house or get into my bed;
132:4  I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
132:5  until I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.’
132:6  We heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
132:7  ‘Let us go to his dwelling-place; let us worship at his footstool.’
132:8  Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting-place, you and the ark of your might.
132:9  Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your faithful shout for joy.
132:10  For your servant David’s sake do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
132:11  The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: ‘One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
132:12  If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I shall teach them, their sons also, for evermore, shall sit on your throne.’
132:13  For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation:
132:14  ‘This is my resting-place for ever; here I will reside, for I have desired it.
132:15  I will abundantly bless its provisions; I will satisfy its poor with bread.
132:16  Its priests I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy.
132:17  There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
132:18  His enemies I will clothe with disgrace, but on him, his crown will gleam.’