| 1 | A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions. |
| 2 | Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath 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 mine eyes, To mine eyelids—slumber, |
| 5 | Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob. |
| 6 | 'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest. |
| 7 | We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool. |
| 8 | Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength, |
| 9 | Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud. |
| 10 | For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed. |
| 11 | Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee. |
| 12 | If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee. |
| 13 | For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired [it] for a seat to Himself, |
| 14 | This [is] My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it. |
| 15 | Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy [with] bread, |
| 16 | And her priests I clothe [with] salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud. |
| 17 | There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed. |
| 18 | His enemies I do clothe [with] shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish! |