Psalm 132  Complete Jewish Bible

⁽¹⁾ Adonai, remember in David’s favor
all the hardships he endured,
² how he swore to Adonai,
vowed to the Mighty One of Ya‘akov,

³ “I will not enter the house where I live
or get into my bed,
⁴ I will not allow myself to sleep
or even close my eyes,
⁵ until I find a place for Adonai,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Ya‘akov.”

⁶ We heard about it in Efrat,
we found it in the Fields of Ya‘ar.
⁷ Let’s go into his dwelling
and prostrate ourselves at his footstool.

⁸ Go up, Adonai, to your resting-place,
you and the ark through which you give strength.
⁹ May your cohanim be clothed with righteousness;
may those loyal to you shout for joy.
¹⁰ For the sake of your servant David,
don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ Adonai swore an oath to David,
an oath he will not break:
“One of the sons from your own body
I will set on your throne.
¹² If your sons keep my covenant
and my instruction, which I will teach them,
then their descendants too, forever,
will sit on your throne.”

¹³ For Adonai has chosen Tziyon,
he has wanted it as his home.
¹⁴ “This is my resting-place forever,
I will live here because I so much want to.
¹⁵ I will bless it with plenty of meat,
I will give its poor their fill of food.
¹⁶ Its cohanim I will clothe with salvation,
and its faithful will shout for joy.
¹⁷ I will make a king sprout there from David’s line
and prepare a lamp for my anointed one.
¹⁸ His enemies I will clothe with shame,
but on him there will be a shining crown.”