Psalm 132

The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion

A Song of Ascents.
¹O Lord, remember in David’s favour
   all the hardships he endured;
²how he swore to the Lord
   and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
³‘I will not enter my house
   or get into my bed;
⁴I will not give sleep to my eyes
   or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵until I find a place for the Lord,
   a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.’

¹¹The Lord swore to David a sure oath
   from which he will not turn back:
‘One of the sons of your body
   I will set on your throne.
¹²If your sons keep my covenant
   and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, for evermore,
   shall sit on your throne.’

¹³For the Lord has chosen Zion;
   he has desired it for his habitation:
¹⁴‘This is my resting-place for ever;
   here I will reside, for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly bless its provisions;
   I will satisfy its poor with bread.