132:1 A song of ascents: Adonai, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured,
132:2 how he swore to Adonai, vowed to the Mighty One of Ya‘akov,
132:3 “I will not enter the house where I live or get into my bed,
132:4 I will not allow myself to sleep or even close my eyes,
132:5 until I find a place for Adonai, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Ya‘akov.”
132:6 We heard about it in Efrat, we found it in the Fields of Ya‘ar.
132:7 Let’s go into his dwelling and prostrate ourselves at his footstool.
132:8 Go up, Adonai, to your resting-place, you and the ark through which you give strength.
132:9 May your cohanim be clothed with righteousness; may those loyal to you shout for joy.
132:10 For the sake of your servant David, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
132:11 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.
132:12 If your sons keep my covenant and my instruction, which I will teach them, then their descendants too, forever, will sit on your throne.”
132:13 For Adonai has chosen Tziyon, he has wanted it as his home.
132:14 “This is my resting-place forever, I will live here because I so much want to.
132:15 I will bless it with plenty of meat, I will give its poor their fill of food.
132:16 Its cohanim I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy.
132:17 I will make a king sprout there from David’s line and prepare a lamp for my anointed one.
132:18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him there will be a shining crown.”
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