[1] Lord, [earnestly] remember to David's credit all his humiliations and hardships and endurance- [2] How he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: [3] Surely I will not enter my dwelling house or get into my bed- [4] I will not permit my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber, [5] Until I have found a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob. [6] Behold, at Ephratah we [first] heard of [the discovered ark]; we found it in the fields of the wood [at Kiriath-jearim]. [7] Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool. [8] Arise, O Lord, to Your resting-place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength. [9] Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy! [10] For Your servant David's sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed and reject not Your own king. [11] The Lord swore to David in truth; He will not turn back from it: One of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. [12] If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever. [13] For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation: [14] This is My resting-place forever [says the Lord]; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. [15] I will surely and abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. [16] Her priests also will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. [17] There will I make a horn spring forth and bud for David; I have ordained and prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises of old]. [18] His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
