¹Lord, please don’t forget all the hardships

David had to pass through.

²And how he promised you, Jacob’s mighty God, saying,

³“I will not cross the threshold of my own home

to sleep in my own bed.

⁴I will not sleep or slumber,

nor even take time to close my eyes in rest,

⁵until I find a place for you to dwell, O mighty God of Jacob.

I devote myself to finding a resting place for you!”

⁶First we heard that the ark was at Bethlehem.

Then we found it in the forest of Kiriath-Jearim.

⁷Let’s go into God’s dwelling place

and bow down and worship before him.

⁸Arise, O Lord, and enter your resting place,

both you and the ark of your glorious strength!

⁹May your priests wear the robes of righteousness,

and let all your godly lovers sing for joy!

¹⁰Don’t forsake your anointed king now,

but honor your servant David.

¹¹For you gave your word and promised David

in an unbreakable oath that one of his sons

would be sitting on the throne to succeed him as king.

¹²You also promised that if David’s sons

would be faithful to keep their promise to follow you,

obeying the words you spoke to them,

then David’s dynasty would never end.

¹³Lord, you have chosen Zion as your dwelling place,

for your pleasure is fulfilled in making it your home.

¹⁴I hear you say, “I will make this place my eternal dwelling,

for I have loved and desired it as my very own!

¹⁵I will make Zion prosper and

satisfy her poor with my provision.

¹⁶I will cover my priests with salvation’s power,

and all my righteous ones will shout for joy!

¹⁷I will increase the anointing that was upon David,

and my glistening glory will rest upon my anointed one.

¹⁸I will clothe his enemies with shame,

but holiness will bloom on my anointed one.”