OEBcth - Psalms - 132

132:1  Remember, O Lord, David all his sufferings,

132:2  the oath that he swore to the Lord, and his vow to the Strong One of Jacob,

132:3  never to enter his tent, never to lie on his bed,

132:4  never to give his eyes sleep or his eyelids slumber,

132:5  till he had found a place for the Lord, for the Strong One of Jacob to live in.

132:6  We heard of it in Ephrathah, in the fields of Jaar we found it.

132:7  We went to the place where he dwelt, we bowed ourselves low at his footstool.

132:8  “Arise, Lord, and enter your resting-place, you and your mighty ark.

132:9  Let your priests wear a garment of righteousness, your faithful shout aloud for joy.

132:10  For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your Anointed.”

132:11  The Lord swore an oath to David an oath that he will not break; “I will set on your throne a prince of your line.

132:12  If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons, too, forever, will sit on your throne.”

132:13  For the choice of the Lord is Zion; she is the home of his heart.

132:14  “This is forever my resting-place, this is the home of my heart.

132:15  I will royally bless her provision, and give bread to her poor in abundance.

132:16  Her priests I will clothe with salvation; her faithful will shout for joy.

132:17  There will I raise up for David a dynasty of power. I have set my anointed a lamp that shall never go out.

132:18  Robes of shame I will put on his foes, but on his head a glittering crown.”