Remember David's affliction
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A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Remember, YHWH, for David, all his afflictions;
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Who has sworn to YHWH, || He has vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
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“If I enter into the tent of my house, || If I go up on the couch of my bed,
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If I give sleep to my eyes, || To my eyelids—slumber,
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Until I find a place for YHWH, dwelling places for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Behold, we have heard it in Ephratah, || We have found it in the fields of the forest.
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We come into His dwelling places, || We bow ourselves at His footstool.
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Arise, O YHWH, to Your rest, || You, and the Ark of Your strength,
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Your priests put on righteousness, || And Your pious ones cry aloud.
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For the sake of Your servant David, || Do not turn back the face of Your anointed.
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YHWH has sworn truth to David, || He does not turn back from it: “Of the fruit of your body, || I set on the throne for you.
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If your sons keep My covenant, || And My testimonies that I teach them, || Their sons also forever and ever || Sit on the throne for you.”
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For YHWH has fixed on Zion, || He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,
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“This [is] My rest forever and ever, || Here I sit, for I have desired it.
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I greatly bless her provision, || I satisfy her poor [with] bread,
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And I clothe her priests [with] salvation, || And her pious ones sing aloud.
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There I cause a horn to spring up for David, || I have arranged a lamp for My Anointed.
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I clothe His enemies [with] shame, || And His crown flourishes on Him!”
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