Psalm 132

New International Reader's Version

² Lord, he made a promise.
    Mighty One of Jacob, he made a promise to you.
³ He said, “I won’t enter my house
    or go to bed.
⁴ I won’t let my eyes sleep.
    I won’t close my eyelids
⁵ until I find a place for the Lord.
    I want to build a house for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Here are the words we heard in Ephrathah.
    We heard them again in the fields of Kiriath Jearim.
⁷ “Let us go to the Lord’s house.
    Let us worship at his feet. Let us say,
⁸ ‘Lord, rise up and come to your resting place.
    Come in together with the ark. It’s the sign of your power.
⁹ May your priests put on godliness as if it were their clothes.
    May your faithful people sing for joy.’ ”

¹⁰ In honor of your servant David,
    don’t turn your back on your anointed king.

¹¹ The Lord made a promise to David.
    It is a firm promise that he will never break.
He said, “After you die,
    I will place one of your own sons on your throne.
¹² If your sons keep my covenant
    and the laws I teach them,
then their sons will sit
    on your throne for ever and ever.”

¹³ The Lord has chosen Zion.
    That’s the place where he wants to live.
¹⁴ He has said, “This will be my resting place for ever and ever.
    Here I will sit on my throne, because that’s what I want.
¹⁵ I will greatly bless Zion with everything it needs.
    I will give plenty of food to the poor people living there.
¹⁶ I will put salvation on its priests as if it were their clothes.
    God’s faithful people will always sing for joy.

¹⁷ “Here in Jerusalem I will raise up a mighty king from the family of David.
    I will set up the lamp of David’s kingdom for my anointed king.
    Its flame will burn brightly forever.
¹⁸ I will put shame on his enemies as if it were their clothes.
    But he will wear on his head a shining crown.”