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Prayer for the Lord’s Blessing Upon the Sanctuary.

A Song of [a]Ascents.

132 O Lord, remember on David’s behalf
All his hardship and affliction;

How he swore to the Lord
And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:1 See Psalm 120 title note.

Psalm 132(A)

A song of ascents.

Lord, remember David
    and all his self-denial.(B)

He swore an oath to the Lord,
    he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:(C)

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“I absolutely will not enter my house,
Nor get into my bed—

I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep
Nor my eyelids to slumber,

Until I find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob (Israel).”(A)

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“I will not enter my house(A)
    or go to my bed,
I will allow no sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
till I find a place(B) for the Lord,
    a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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11 
The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your [a]descendants I will set upon your throne.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:11 Lit the fruit of your body.

11 The Lord swore an oath to David,(A)
    a sure oath he will not revoke:
“One of your own descendants(B)
    I will place on your throne.

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12 
“If your children will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

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12 If your sons keep my covenant(A)
    and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
    on your throne(B) for ever and ever.”

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13 
For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:
14 
“This is My resting place forever” [says the Lord];
“Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

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13 For the Lord has chosen Zion,(A)
    he has desired it for his dwelling,(B) saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;(C)
    here I will sit enthroned,(D) for I have desired it.

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