The Lord Has Chosen Zion

A Song of Ascents.

¹Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,

all the hardships he endured,

²how he swore to the Lord

and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,

³“I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

⁴I will not give sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵until I find a place for the Lord,

a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;

we found it in the fields of Jaar.

⁷“Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us worship at his footstool!”

⁸Arise, O Lord, and go to your resting place,

you and the ark of your might.

⁹Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,

and let your saints shout for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of your servant David,

do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹The Lord swore to David a sure oath

from which he will not turn back:

“One of the sons of your body1

I will set on your throne.

¹²If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall sit on your throne.”

¹³For the Lord has chosen Zion;

he has desired it for his dwelling place:

¹⁴“This is my resting place forever;

here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

¹⁵I will abundantly bless her provisions;

I will satisfy her poor with bread.

¹⁶Her priests I will clothe with salvation,

and her saints will shout for joy.

¹⁷There I will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.

¹⁸His enemies I will clothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”

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