Psalms Chapter 132

A Song of Ascents

¹ Yahveh, remember David and what he suffered;

      ² how he swore to Yahveh

      and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

³ “I won’t go to my own house

                  or get on my bed ⁴ and sleep

      ⁵ till I find a place for Yahveh to live,

            a place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”                      

Ps 132:1-5

⁶ We heard it in Ephrathah

      and found it in the fields of Jaar,

⁷ “Let’s go to his Temple

      and worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Come to your resting place, Yahveh,

      you and the ark that represents your strength.

⁹ May your priests be arrayed in goodness,

      and your holy people sing for joy.

¹⁰ For the sake of David your servant,

      don’t turn away from your anointed one.

¹¹ You’ve sworn to him

      a truth you won’t take back:

            “I’ll set a son from your body on your throne.

         ¹²If your descendants keep my covenant

                  and the Testimony I teach them,

            their descendants will also sit

                  on your throne permanently.”                             

Ps 132:6-12

¹³ You’ve chosen Zion;

you wanted to live there:

         ¹⁴“This is my permanent resting place;

            I’ll live here because I’ve wanted it.

         ¹⁵I’ll abundantly bless what it can provide

            and satisfy its needy ones with food.

         ¹⁶I’ll dress its priests in deliverance;

            its holy people will sing for joy.

         ¹⁷I’ll make a horn from David spring up there

                  and light a lamp for my anointed one.

         ¹⁸I’ll dress his enemies in humiliation

            but make his crown shine.”                                       

Ps 132:13-18