| 1 | O LORD, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured; |
| 2 | how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, |
| 3 | “I will not enter my house or get into my bed; |
| 4 | I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, |
| 5 | until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.” |
| 6 | We heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar. |
| 7 | “Let us go to his dwelling place; let us worship at his footstool.” |
| 8 | Rise up, O LORD, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. |
| 9 | Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your faithful shout for joy. |
| 10 | For your servant David’s sake do not turn away the face of your anointed one. |
| 11 | The LORD swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne. |
| 12 | If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I shall teach them, their sons also, forevermore, shall sit on your throne.” |
| 13 | For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation: |
| 14 | “This is my resting place forever; here I will reside, for I have desired it. |
| 15 | I will abundantly bless its provisions; I will satisfy its poor with bread. |
| 16 | Its priests I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy. |
| 17 | There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one. |
| 18 | His enemies I will clothe with disgrace, but on him, his crown will gleam.” |