Remember, YHWH, for David’s sake, everything that he endured,
2. he who swore to YHWH
[who] vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3. "I will not go into the dwelling place which is my house,
or go up onto the bed which is my couch,
4. or give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5. before I find a place for YHWH,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
6. Look! We heard about it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar:
7. "Let us go to his dwelling place,
let us bow down toward his footstool!
8. Set out, YHWH, to your resting place,
you and your strong ark!
9. May your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may your faithful ones sing for joy!"
10. For the sake of David, your servant,
do not rebuff your anointed one.
11. YHWH swore to David in sincerity; he will not turn back from it:
"Someone from your offspring, I will place on your throne.
12. If your descendants keep my covenant and my laws that I will teach them,
then their descendants will also forever sit on your throne."
13. For YHWH had chosen Zion;
he had desired her as his dwelling place:
14. "This is my resting place forever;
here I will dwell, because I have desired her.
15. I will richly bless her provisions;
her poor people I will satisfy with food.
16. And her priests I will clothe with salvation,
and her faithful ones will sing exuberantly for joy.
17. There I will cause a horn to grow for David;
I have put in place a lamp for my anointed one.
18. His enemies I will clothe with shame,
but his crown will flourish on him."
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