The Lord Has Chosen Zion

A Song of mAscents.

¹Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,

all ythe hardships he endured,

²how he swore to the Lord

and zvowed to athe Mighty One of Jacob,

³“I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

⁴I will not bgive sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵until I cfind a place for the Lord,

a dwelling place for athe Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard of it in dEphrathah;

we found it in ethe fields of Jaar.

⁷“Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us fworship at his gfootstool!”

⁸hArise, O Lord, and go to your iresting place,

you and the ark of your jmight.

⁹Let your kpriests be lclothed with righteousness,

and let your msaints shout for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of your servant David,

ndo not turn away the face of oyour anointed one.

¹¹pThe Lord swore to David a sure oath

qfrom which he will not turn back:

r“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 ssit on your throne.”

¹³For the Lord has tchosen Zion;

he has udesired it for his dwelling place:

¹⁴“This is my vresting place forever;

here I will wdwell, for I have desired it.

¹⁵I will abundantly xbless her provisions;

I will ysatisfy her poor with bread.

¹⁶Her zpriests I will clothe with salvation,

and her zsaints will shout for joy.

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

I have prepared ba lamp for cmy anointed.

¹⁸His enemies I will dclothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”