Psalms 132

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Remember, YHWH, for David, all his afflictions;

A Song of Ascents. Remember, O Yahweh, unto David, all his humiliations!

2 Who has sworn to YHWH, He has vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

What he Sware to Yahweh, —Vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3 “If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,

Surely I will not enter the home of my own house, nor ascend my curtained couch;

4 If I give sleep to my eyes, To my eyelids—slumber,

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor, to mine eye-lashes, slumber:

5 Until I find a place for YHWH, dwelling places for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Until I find a place for Yahweh, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob.

6 Behold, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

Lo! we heard of it at Ephrathah, we found it in the fields of the wood.

7 We come into His dwelling places, We bow ourselves at His footstool.

We would enter his habitations, we would bow down at his footstool.

8 Arise, O YHWH, to Your rest, You, and the Ark of Your strength,

Arise! O Yahweh, unto thy place of rest, Thou, and the ark of thy strength.

9 Your priests put on righteousness, And Your pious ones cry aloud.

Thy priests, let them be clothed with righteousness, Thy men of lovingkindness, let them shout for joy!

10 For the sake of Your servant David, Do not turn back the face of Your anointed.

For the sake of David thy servant, do not turn away the face of thine Anointed One.

11 YHWH has sworn truth to David, He does not turn back from it: “Of the fruit of your body, I set on the throne for you.

Yahweh hath sworn unto David, in faithfulness, will he not turn from it, —Of the fruit of thy body, will I seat on thy throne.

12 If your sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also forever and ever Sit on the throne for you.”

If thy sons keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, even their sons, unto futurity, shall sit on thy throne.

13 For YHWH has fixed on Zion, He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,

For Yahweh hath chosen Zion, —He hath desired it as a dwelling for himself:

14 “This [is] My rest forever and ever, Here I sit, for I have desired it.

This, is my place of rest unto futurity, Here, will I dwell, for I have desired it;

15 I greatly bless her provision, I satisfy her poor [with] bread,

Her provision, will I abundantly bless, Her needy ones, will I satisfy with bread;

16 And I clothe her priests [with] salvation, And her pious ones sing aloud.

And, her priests, will I clothe with salvation, and, her men of lovingkindness, shall, shout aloud, for joy;

17 There I cause a horn to spring up for David, I have arranged a lamp for My Anointed.

There, will I cause to bud a horn to David, I have prepared a lamp for mine Anointed One;

18 I clothe His enemies [with] shame, And His crown flourishes on Him!”

His enemies, will I clothe with shame, but, upon himself, shall his crown be resplendent.