Psalmorum 132
1 canticum graduum memento Domine David et omnis mansuetudinis eius
A song of ascents. Remember, O Lord, David all his sufferings,
2 sicut iuravit Domino votum vovit Deo Iacob
the oath that he swore to the Lord, and his vow to the Strong One of Jacob,
3 si introiero in tabernaculum domus meae si ascendero in lectum strati mei
never to enter his tent, never to lie on his bed,
4 si dedero somnum oculis meis et palpebris meis dormitationem
never to give his eyes sleep or his eyelids slumber,
5 et requiem temporibus meis donec inveniam locum Domino tabernaculum Deo Iacob
till he had found a place for the Lord, for the Strong One of Jacob to live in.
6 ecce audivimus eam in Efrata invenimus eam in campis silvae
We heard of it in Ephrathah, in the fields of Jaar we found it.
7 introibimus in tabernacula eius adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes eius
We went to the place where he dwelt, we bowed ourselves low at his footstool.
8 surge Domine in requiem tuam tu et arca sanctificationis tuae
“Arise, Lord, and enter your resting-place, you and your mighty ark.
9 sacerdotes tui induentur iustitia et sancti tui exultabunt
Let your priests wear a garment of righteousness, your faithful shout aloud for joy.
10 propter David servum tuum non avertas faciem christi tui
For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your Anointed.”
11 iuravit Dominus David veritatem et non frustrabit eum de fructu ventris tui ponam super sedem tuam
The Lord swore an oath to David an oath that he will not break; “I will set on your throne a prince of your line.
12 si custodierint filii tui testamentum meum et testimonia mea haec quae docebo eos et filii eorum usque in saeculum sedebunt super sedem tuam
If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons, too, forever, will sit on your throne.”
13 quoniam elegit Dominus Sion elegit eam in habitationem sibi
For the choice of the Lord is Zion; she is the home of his heart.
14 haec requies mea in saeculum saeculi hic habitabo quoniam elegi eam
“This is forever my resting-place, this is the home of my heart.
15 viduam eius benedicens benedicam pauperes eius saturabo panibus
I will royally bless her provision, and give bread to her poor in abundance.
16 sacerdotes eius induam salutari et sancti eius exultatione exultabunt
Her priests I will clothe with salvation; her faithful will shout for joy.
17 illic producam cornu David paravi lucernam christo meo
There will I raise up for David a dynasty of power. I have set my anointed a lamp that shall never go out.
18 inimicos eius induam confusione super ipsum autem efflorebit sanctificatio mea
Robes of shame I will put on his foes, but on his head a glittering crown.”
