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Psalm 132 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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The Lord Has Chosen Zion

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:1 - A Song of Ascents.
Remember, O LORD, in David’s favor,
all the hardships he endured,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2 - how he swore to the LORD
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:3 - “I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:4 - I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5 - until I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:6 - Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:7 - “Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us worship at his footstool!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:8 - Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:9 - Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let your saints shout for joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:10 - For the sake of your servant David,
do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD swore to David a sure oath
from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body[fn]
I will set on your throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:12 - If your sons keep my covenant
and my testimonies that I shall teach them,
their sons also forever
shall sit on your throne.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:13 - For the LORD has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his dwelling place:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14 - “This is my resting place forever;
here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - I will abundantly bless her provisions;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:16 - Her priests I will clothe with salvation,
and her saints will shout for joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:17 - There I will make a horn to sprout for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:18 - His enemies I will clothe with shame,
but on him his crown will shine.”
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