psalm 132

Psalm 132 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 132

A Song of Ascents.

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