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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A song of ascents. LORD, remember David and all his self-denial. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He swore an oath to the LORD, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"I will not enter my house or go to my bed, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar: |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Let us go to his dwelling place, let us worship at his footstool, saying, |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Arise, LORD, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9May your priests be clothed with your righteousness; may your faithful people sing for joy.'" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The LORD swore an oath to David, a sure oath he will not revoke: "One of your own descendants I will place on your throne. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever." |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13For the LORD has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her faithful people will ever sing for joy. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown." |
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