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Psalm 132

¹Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
²How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
³Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
⁴I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
⁵Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
⁶Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
⁷We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.
⁸Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
⁹Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
¹⁰For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.
¹¹The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
¹²If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
¹³For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
¹⁴This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
¹⁶I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
¹⁷There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
¹⁸His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

¹³For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is?
¹⁴For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.
¹⁵For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.
¹⁶And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?
¹⁷And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above?
¹⁸For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.

⁹I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
¹⁰I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
¹¹Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
¹²And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
¹³And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
¹⁴His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
¹⁵And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
¹⁶And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
¹⁷And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
¹⁸I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
¹⁹Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
²⁰The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.