Psalm 132

Yahweh Dwells in Zion

132A song of ascents.^a

¹O Yahweh, remember with regard to David

all his affliction.^b

²How he swore to Yahweh,

he vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

³“I will not enter into the tent of my house,

I will not go up to the couch of my bed,

⁴I will give no sleep to my eyes,

no slumber to my eyelids,

⁵until I find a place for Yahweh,

a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Look, we heard of it in Ephrathah;

we found her in the fields of Jaar.^c

⁷Let us go to his dwelling places;^d

Let us worship at his footstool.

⁸Arise, O Yahweh, to your resting place,

you and your mighty ark.

⁹Let your priests clothe themselves with righteousness,

and let your faithful sing for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of your servant David,

do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹Yahweh swore in truth to David;

he will not turn back from it.

“One from the fruit of your body^e

I will set on your throne.

¹²If your sons will heed my covenant

and my testimonies that I will teach them,

their sons also forever

will sit on your throne.”

¹³For Yahweh has chosen Zion;

he has desired it for his habitation.

¹⁴“This is my resting place forever;

here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

¹⁵I will bless its provisions abundantly;

I will satisfy its poor with bread.

¹⁶I will also clothe its priests with salvation,

and its faithful will shout exuberantly for joy.

¹⁷There I will cause a horn to grow for David;

I will set a lamp for my anointed one.

¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame,

but on him his crown will flourish.”^f