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¹ A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Remember, YHWH, for David, all his afflictions;² Who has sworn to YHWH, || He has vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:³ "If I enter into the tent of my house, || If I go up on the couch of my bed,⁴ If I give sleep to my eyes, || To my eyelids—slumber,⁵ Until I find a place for YHWH, dwelling places for the Mighty One of Jacob."⁶ Behold, we have heard it in Ephratah, || We have found it in the fields of the forest.⁷ We come into His dwelling places, || We bow ourselves at His footstool.⁸ Arise, O YHWH, to Your rest, || You, and the Ark of Your strength,⁹ Your priests put on righteousness, || And Your pious ones cry aloud.¹⁰ For the sake of Your servant David, || Do not turn back the face of Your anointed.

¹¹ YHWH has sworn truth to David, || He does not turn back from it: "Of the fruit of your body, || I set on the throne for you.¹² If your sons keep My covenant, || And My testimonies that I teach them, || Their sons also forever and ever || Sit on the throne for you."¹³ For YHWH has fixed on Zion, || He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,¹⁴ "This [is] My rest forever and ever, || Here I sit, for I have desired it.¹⁵ I greatly bless her provision, || I satisfy her poor [with] bread,¹⁶ And I clothe her priests [with] salvation, || And her pious ones sing aloud.¹⁷ There I cause a horn to spring up for David, || I have arranged a lamp for My Anointed.¹⁸ I clothe His enemies [with] shame, || And His crown flourishes on Him!"