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class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and how he swore an oath to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">making a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“I will not enter my house</p><p class="poem">or get into my bed,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will not allow my eyes to sleep</p><p class="poem">or my eyelids to slumber<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>until I find a place for the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,</p><p class="poem">a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.132.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">we found it in the fields of Jaar.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.132.6.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let’s go to his dwelling place;</p><p class="poem">let’s worship at his footstool.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Rise up, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, come to your resting place,</p><p class="poem">you and your powerful ark.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>May your priests be clothed with righteousness,</p><p class="poem">and may your faithful people shout for joy.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For the sake of your servant David,</p><p class="poem">do not reject your anointed one.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.132.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> swore an oath to David,</p><p class="poem">a promise he will not abandon:</p><p class="poem">“I will set one of your offspring<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.132.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">on your throne.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If your sons keep my covenant</p><p class="poem">and my decrees that I will teach them,</p><p class="poem">their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has chosen Zion;</p><p class="poem">he has desired it for his home:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“This is my resting place forever;</p><p class="poem">I will make my home here</p><p class="poem">because I have desired it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will abundantly bless its food;</p><p class="poem">I will satisfy its needy with bread.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I will clothe its priests with salvation,</p><p class="poem">and its faithful people will shout for joy.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>There I will make a horn grow for David;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I have prepared a lamp<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.132.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> for my anointed one.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.17.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.132.18" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/132-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I will clothe his enemies with shame,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">but the crown he wears<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.132.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> will be glorious.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.132.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.132" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.132.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.6">132:6</a></span> = Bethlehem</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.132.6.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.6">132:6</a></span> = Kiriath-jearim</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.132.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.10">132:10</a></span> = the king</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.132.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.11">132:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">set the fruit of your belly</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.132.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.17">132:17</a></span> Or <span class="italic">dominion</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.132.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.18">132:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">but on him his crown</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.132" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.1">132:1</a></span> 2Sm 16:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.2">132:2</a></span> Gn 49:24; Is 49:26; 60:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.3">132:3-4</a></span> Pr 6:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.5">132:5</a></span> 1Ch 22:7; Ac 7:46</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.6">132:6</a></span> Gn 35:19; Ru 4:11; 1Sm 17:12; Mc 5:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.6">132:6</a></span> 1Sm 7:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.7">132:7</a></span> 1Ch 28:2; Ps 99:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.8">132:8</a></span> 2Ch 6:41; Ps 68:1; 78:61</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.9">132:9</a></span> Jb 29:14; Ps 149:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.10">132:10</a></span> 2Ch 6:42</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.11">132:11</a></span> 2Sm 7:12–16; Ps 89:3; Ac 2:30</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.12">132:12</a></span> 1Kg 8:25; Lk 1:32</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.13">132:13</a></span> Ps 68:16; 78:68</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.14">132:14</a></span> Mt 23:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.15">132:15</a></span> Ps 107:9; 147:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.16">132:16</a></span> 2Ch 6:41</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.17">132:17</a></span> 2Sm 23:5; Lk 1:69</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.17.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.17">132:17</a></span> 1Kg 11:36</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.18">132:18</a></span> Jb 8:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.132.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.132.18">132:18</a></span> Ps 21:3</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.132" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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