Psalms 132
The psalmist asks God to remember David's hardships and recalls David's vow to find a place for the Lord to dwell. The psalmist then invites God to arise and come to his resting place, and asks for God's priests to be clothed with righteousness and his saints to sing for joy. God has sworn an oath to David that one of his descendants will sit on the throne forever if they keep God's covenant. God has chosen Zion as his dwelling place, where he will bless the people, clothe the priests with salvation, and make a horn grow for David.
1O LORD, remember David and all the hardships he endured.2He swore an oath to the LORD and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:3"I will not enter my house or go to my bed-4I will allow no sleep to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids,5till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."6We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:7"Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool-8arise, O LORD, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.9May your priests be clothed with righteousness; may your saints sing for joy."10For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your anointed one.11The LORD swore an oath to David, a sure oath that he will not revoke: "One of your own descendants I will place on your throne-12if your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever."13For the LORD has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling:14"This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it-15I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor will I satisfy with food.16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will ever sing for joy.17"Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one.18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on his head will be resplendent."
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