132:1 LORD, [earnestly] remember to David's credit all his humiliations {and} hardships {and} endurance-- |
132:2 How he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: |
132:3 Surely I will not enter my dwelling house or get into my bed-- |
132:4 I will not permit my eyes to sleep {or} my eyelids to slumber, |
132:5 Until I have found a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob. |
132:6 Behold, at Ephratah we [first] heard of [the discovered ark]; we found it in the fields of the wood [at Kiriath-jearim]. |
132:7 Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool. |
132:8 Arise, O Lord, to Your resting-place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength. |
132:9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy! |
132:10 For Your servant David's sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed {and} reject not Your own king. |
132:11 The Lord swore to David in truth; He will not turn back from it: One of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. |
132:12 If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever. |
132:13 For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation: |
132:14 This is My resting-place forever [says the Lord]; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. |
132:15 I will surely {and} abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. |
132:16 Her priests also will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. |
132:17 There will I make a horn spring forth {and} bud for David; I have ordained {and} prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises of old]. |
132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish. |