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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/131.htm" title="Psalm 131">◄</a> Psalm 132 <a href="../psalms/133.htm" title="Psalm 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Psalm 132</span></h3><h3><span class="text">The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion</span></h3><h4 class="psalm-title"><span class="text">A Song of Ascents.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, remember in David’s favor</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">all the hardships he endured;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>how he swore to the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>“I will not enter my house</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">or get into my bed;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>I will not give sleep to my eyes</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">or slumber to my eyelids,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>until I find a place for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>We heard of it in Ephrathah;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">we found it in the fields of Jaar.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>“Let us go to his dwelling place;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">let us worship at his footstool.”</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Rise up, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>, and go to your resting place,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">you and the ark of your might.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and let your faithful shout for joy.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>For your servant David’s sake</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">do not turn away the face of your anointed one.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> swore to David a sure oath</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">from which he will not turn back:</span></span><br /><span class="text">“One of the sons of your body</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I will set on your throne.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>If your sons keep my covenant</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and my decrees that I shall teach them,</span></span><br /><span class="text">their sons also, forevermore,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">shall sit on your throne.”</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>For the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> has chosen Zion;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">he has desired it for his habitation:</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>“This is my resting place forever;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">here I will reside, for I have desired it.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>I will abundantly bless its provisions;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I will satisfy its poor with bread.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Its priests I will clothe with salvation,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">and its faithful will shout for joy.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>His enemies I will clothe with disgrace,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">but on him, his crown will gleam.”</span></span></p></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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