Psalmen 132

1. ¹A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions.
2. ²Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3. ³`If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,
4. ⁴If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,
5. ⁵Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.
6. ⁶`Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.
7. ⁷We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool.
8. ⁸Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength,
9. ⁹Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud.
10. ¹⁰For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.
11. ¹¹Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.
12. ¹²If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee.
13. ¹³For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired `it' for a seat to Himself,
14. ¹⁴This `is' My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.
15. ¹⁵Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy `with' bread,
16. ¹⁶And her priests I clothe `with' salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud.
17. ¹⁷There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.
18. ¹⁸His enemies I do clothe `with' shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish!

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