A Song of Ascents.

• ¹Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,

• ²how he swore to Yahweh,
• and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

• ³“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house,
• nor go up into my bed;

• ⁴I will not give sleep to my eyes,
• or slumber to my eyelids;

• ⁵until I find out a place for Yahweh,
• a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

• ⁶Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah.
• We found it in the field of Jaar:

• ⁷“We will go into his dwelling place.
• We will worship at his footstool.

• ⁸Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place;
• you, and the ark of your strength.

• ⁹Let your priest be clothed with righteousness.
• Let your saints shout for joy!”

• ¹⁰For your servant David’s sake,
• don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

• ¹¹Yahweh has sworn to David in truth.
• He will not turn from it:
• “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

• ¹²If your children will keep my covenant,
• my testimony that I will teach them,
• their children also will sit on your throne forevermore.”

• ¹³For Yahweh has chosen Zion.
• He has desired it for his habitation.

• ¹⁴“This is my resting place forever.
• Here I will live, for I have desired it.

• ¹⁵I will abundantly bless her provision.
• I will satisfy her poor with bread.

• ¹⁶Her priests I will also clothe with salvation.
• Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

• ¹⁷There I will make the horn of David to bud.
• I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

• ¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame,
• but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.”