Psalm 132
Yahweh Has Chosen Zion
132A Song of Ascents.
Remember, O Yahweh, on David’s behalf,All ahis affliction;2How he swore to YahwehAnd vowed to athe Mighty One of Jacob,3“Surely I will not come into 1,amy house,Nor 2lie in the 3comfort of my bed;4I will not agive sleep to my eyesOr slumber to my eyelids,5Until I find a aplace for Yahweh,1A dwelling place for bthe Mighty One of Jacob.”6Behold, we heard of it in aEphrathah,We found it in the bfields of 1Jaar.7Let us come into His 1,adwelling place;Let us bworship at the cfootstool of His feet.8aArise, O Yahweh, to Your bresting place,You and the ark of Your cstrength.9Let Your priests be aclothed with righteousness,And let Your bholy ones sing for joy.10For the sake of David Your servant,Do not turn away the face of Your aanointed.11Yahweh has asworn to DavidA truth from which He will not turn back:“bOf the fruit of your 1body I will set upon your throne.12“If your sons keep My covenantAnd My testimony which I will teach them,Their sons also shall asit upon your throne forever.”13For Yahweh has achosen Zion;He has bdesired it for His habitation.14“This is My aresting place forever;Here I will binhabit, for I have desired it.15“I will abundantly abless her provision;I will bsatisfy her needy with bread.16“Her apriests also I will clothe with salvation,And her bholy ones will sing loudly for joy.17“There I will cause the ahorn of David to spring up;I have prepared a blamp for Mine anointed.18“His enemies I will aclothe with shame,But upon him, his bcrown shall blossom.”