Remember, LORD, how war and strife
and hardships burdened David’s life;
recall his days with troubles rife.
To God an oath he swore aloud;
to Jacob’s Mighty One he vowed:

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“I will not enter my own house,
or get into my bed, and drowse
or sleep, till I have paid my vows,
till I find for the LORD a place,
for Jacob’s God a dwelling place.”

Vers 3

In Ephrathah the news we heard,
in Jaär’s fields our hearts were stirred;
we found the ark and spread the word:
“Let us go to his dwelling place
and worship there before his face.”

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O LORD, go to your place of rest,
you and your ark, with power blessed,
and let your faithful priests be dressed
in holiness and so proclaim
your righteousness and wondrous fame.

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Let shouts of praise the heavens shake,
your saints their joyful anthems make;
and for your servant David’s sake,
LORD, do not turn away your face
from him, anointed by your grace.

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The LORD has once to David sworn
an oath from which he will not turn:
“There will to you a child be born,
a son who from your line will spring,
whom on your throne I’ ll set as king.

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“If then your sons in faith uphold
my covenant, made in days of old,
and keep the laws that I unfold,
I to their offspring shall pass on
your kingdom’s everlasting throne.”

Vers 8

For Zion, by all men admired,
the LORD has chosen and acquired
and for his resting place desired:
“Jerusalem is founded well;
for evermore I here will dwell.

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“On her I will my blessings shed
Abundantly will she be fed;
I’ll satisfy her poor with bread.
Her priests I’ll with salvation dress;
her saints will shout with happiness.

Vers 10

“There I will cause, in David’s line,
a horn to sprout, a lamp to shine
for my anointed as a sign.
His enemies I clothe with shame,
but him I crown with lustrous fame.”

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Psalm 132

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