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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 132 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/132.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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133">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A song for worship.)</h3><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Is Always with His People</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.1" class="v19_132_1">1</span>Our <span class="nd">Lord</span>, don't forget David</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_1">and how he suffered.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.2" class="v19_132_2">2</span>Mighty God of Jacob,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_2">remember how he promised:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.3" class="v19_132_3">3</span>“I won't go home</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_3">or crawl into bed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.4" class="v19_132_4">4</span>or close my eyelids,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.5" class="v19_132_5">5</span>until I find a home for you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_5">the mighty <span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Jacob.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.6" class="v19_132_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.132.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When we were in Ephrath,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_6">we heard that the sacred chest</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_6">was somewhere near Jaar.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.7" class="v19_132_7">7</span>Then we said, “Let's go</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_7">to the throne of the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_7">and worship at his feet.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.8" class="v19_132_8">8</span>Come to your new home, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_8">you and the sacred chest</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_8">with all its power.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.9" class="v19_132_9">9</span>Let victory be like robes</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_9">for the priests;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_9">let your faithful people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_9">celebrate and shout.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.10" class="v19_132_10">10</span>David is your chosen one,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_10">so don't reject him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.11" class="v19_132_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.132.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You made a solemn promise</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_11">to David, when you said,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_11">“I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, promise</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_11">that someone in your family</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_11">will always be king.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.12" class="v19_132_12">12</span>If they keep our agreement</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_12">and follow my teachings,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_12">then someone in your family</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_12">will rule forever.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.13" class="v19_132_13">13</span>You have gladly chosen Zion</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_13">as your home, our <span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.14" class="v19_132_14">14</span>You said, “This is my home!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_14">I will live here forever.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.15" class="v19_132_15">15</span>I will bless Zion with food,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_15">and even the poor will eat</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_15">until they are full.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.16" class="v19_132_16">16</span>Victory will be like robes</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_16">for the priests,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_16">and its faithful people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_16">will celebrate and shout.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.17" class="v19_132_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.132.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I will give mighty power</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_17">to the kingdom of David.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_17">Each of my chosen kings</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_17">will shine like a lamp</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.132.18" class="v19_132_18">18</span>and wear a sparkling crown.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_132_18">But I will disgrace</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_132_18">their enemies.”</span></p> </div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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