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First the Ark was in Ephrathah,[a] then in the distant countryside of Jaar. But now it will be settled in the Temple, in God’s permanent home here on earth. That is where we will go to worship him.[b] Arise, O Lord, and enter your Temple with the Ark, the symbol of your power.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:6 First the Ark was in Ephrathah, literally, “Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah.”
  2. Psalm 132:7 That is where we will go to worship him, literally, “We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool.”

We heard it in Ephrathah,(A)
    we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a](B)
“Let us go to his dwelling place,(C)
    let us worship at his footstool,(D) saying,
‘Arise, Lord,(E) and come to your resting place,
    you and the ark of your might.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. (See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)