1A song of ascents.
O LORD, remember on behalf of David
all the hardships he endured,
1A Song of the Ascents. O YHWH, Remember for David, all his afflictions,
2how he swore an oath to the LORD,
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
2how he swore to YHWH and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3“I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
3“If I enter into the tent of my house, or if go up on the couch of my bed,
4I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
4I will not give sleep to my eyes, and slumber to my eyelids,
5until I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”a
5until I find a place for YHWH, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah;a
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
6Behold, we have heard of it in Ephrathah, we have found it in the fields of Jaar.
7Let us go to His dwelling place;
let us worship at His footstool.
7Let us go into His dwelling place; let us worship at the stool of His feet!
8Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place,
You and the ark of Your strength.
8Arise, O YHWH, to Your resting place—You and the ark of Your strength!
9May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and Your saints shout for joy.
9May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your holy ones shout for joy!
10For the sake of Your servant David,
do not reject Your anointed one.
10For the sake of David Your servant, do not turn away the face of Your anointed one.
11The LORD swore an oath to David,
a promise He will not revoke:
“One of your descendants
I will place on your throne.a
11YHWH has sworn in truth of David; He will not turn back from it: “I will set one from the fruit of your belly on the throne of yours.
12If your sons keep My covenant
and the testimony I will teach them,
then their sons will also sit on your throne
forever and ever.”
12If your sons will keep My covenant and My testimonies that I teach them, their sons also, forever and ever, will sit on the throne of yours.”
13For the LORD has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His home:
13For YHWH has set His choice on Zion; He has desired it as a seat for Himself:
14“This is My resting place forever and ever;
here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
14“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will sit, for I have desired it.
15I will bless her with abundant provisions;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
15I will abundantly bless her provision, and her needy ones I will satisfy with bread;
16I will clothe her priests with salvation,
and her saints will sing out in joy.
16and her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her godly ones will shout in joy.
17There I will make a horn grow for David;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
17There I will make to sprout a horn for David; I will arrange a lamp for My anointed one.
18I will clothe his enemies with shame,
but the crown upon him will gleam.”
18I will clothe his enemies with shame, and upon him his diadem will shine.”