¹A song of ascents:

Adonai , remember in David’s favor

all the hardships he endured,

²how he swore to Adonai ,

vowed to the Mighty One of Ya‘akov,

³“I will not enter the house where I live

or get into my bed,

⁴I will not allow myself to sleep

or even close my eyes,

⁵until I find a place for Adonai ,

a dwelling for the Mighty One of Ya‘akov.”

⁶We heard about it in Efrat,

we found it in the Fields of Ya‘ar.

⁷Let’s go into his dwelling

and prostrate ourselves at his footstool.

⁸Go up, Adonai , to your resting-place,

you and the ark through which you give strength.

⁹May your cohanim be clothed with righteousness;

may those loyal to you shout for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of your servant David,

don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹Adonai swore an oath to David,

an oath he will not break:

“One of the sons from your own body

I will set on your throne.

¹²If your sons keep my covenant

and my instruction, which I will teach them,

then their descendants too, forever,

will sit on your throne.”

¹³For Adonai has chosen Tziyon,

he has wanted it as his home.

¹⁴“This is my resting-place forever,

I will live here because I so much want to.

¹⁵I will bless it with plenty of meat,

I will give its poor their fill of food.

¹⁶Its cohanim I will clothe with salvation,

and its faithful will shout for joy.

¹⁷I will make a king sprout there from David’s line

and prepare a lamp for my anointed one.

¹⁸His enemies I will clothe with shame,

but on him there will be a shining crown.”