1 L ord, remember to David’s credit all his humiliations and hardships and endurance—

A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions.

2 H ow he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3 S urely I will not enter my dwelling house or get into my bed—

`If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,

4 I will not permit my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber,

If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber,

5 U ntil I have found a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob.

Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.

6 B ehold, at Ephratah we heard of; we found it in the fields of the wood.

`Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

7 L et us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool.

We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool.

8 A rise, O Lord, to Your resting-place, You and the ark of Your strength.

Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength,

9 L et Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy!

Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud.

10 F or Your servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed and reject not Your own king.

For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.

11 T he 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.

Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

12 I f your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.

If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee.

13 F or the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation:

For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired for a seat to Himself,

14 T his is My resting-place forever; here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

This My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it.

15 I will surely and abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy bread,

16 H er priests also will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

And her priests I clothe salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud.

17 T here will I make a horn spring forth and bud for David; I have ordained and prepared a lamp for My anointed.

There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed.

18 H is enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

His enemies I do clothe shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish!