A song of the ascents.
1Yahweh, be mindful for David
of all his being humbled,
2In that he swore to Yahweh,
pledged to Ya’aqob’s Champion,
3‘If I come into my tent, my house,
if I climb into my bed, my couch,
4If I give sleep to my eyes,
slumber to my eyelids,
5Until I find the place belonging to Yahweh,
the dwelling belonging to Ya’aqob’s Champion . . .’
6There, we heard of it at Ephrata,
we found it in the Ya’ar fields.
7Let’s come to his dwelling,
let’s bow low to his footstool.
8Rise, Yahweh, to your place, to settle down,
you and your powerful chest.
9Your priests put on faithfulness,
the people who are committed to you resound.
10For the sake of David your servant,
don’t turn back the face of your anointed one.
11Yahweh swore to David in truthfulness;
he will not turn back from it:
‘One from the fruit of your body
I will put on your throne.
12If your sons keep my pact,
my affirmations that I will teach them,
For all time their sons
also will sit on your throne.
13Because Yahweh chose Tsiyyon,
which he wanted as a seat for himself.
14For all time this is my place to settle down,
where I will sit, because I wanted it.
15Its supplies I will greatly bless;
its needy people I will fill with bread.
16Its priests I will clothe with deliverance,
its committed people will resound loudly.
17There I will make David’s horn flourish;
I am setting up a lamp for my anointed one.
18Its enemies I will clothe in shame,
but on him his crown will sparkle.’
O thou, who art the light of the minds that know thee,
the life of the souls that love thee,
and the strength of the wills that serve thee;
help us so to know thee that we may truly love thee;
so to love thee that we may fully serve thee,
whom to serve is perfect freedom.
Amen