Psalm 132
Purpose: To petition YHWH to keep his covenant with David and his royal line.
Content: "Do not rebuff your anointed one!" David made a vow to YHWH, and he kept it. And YHWH made a vow to DAvid, and he will keep it.
Message: YHWH will keep his vow to bless his king's reign in Zion.
Author: Anonymous
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- 1. The Song of Ascents.
- 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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