⁰The song of the steps.

¹Yahweh, remember for David all his affliction.

²How he swore to Yahweh, vowed to the mighty one of Jacob:

³"I will not come in to the tent of my house; I will not go up onto the couch of my bed;

⁴I will not give sleep to my eyes, slumber to my eyelids,

⁵until I find a place for Yahweh, dwelling places for the mighty one of Jacob."

⁶Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

⁷Let us come to his dwelling places; let us bow down at the footstool of his feet.

⁸Rise, Yahweh, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength.

⁹Your priests will be clothed with righteousness, and your faithful ones will cry aloud for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of David your slave, do not turn away the face of your anointed.

¹¹Yahweh swore to David in faithfulness; he will not turn back from it: "One from the fruit of your belly I will set on your throne.

¹²If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies, which I will teach them, then their sons also will sit on your throne for all time."

¹³For Yahweh has chosen Zion; he has desired it as a dwelling place for himself.

¹⁴"This is my resting place for all time; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

¹⁵Her provisions I will surely bless; her needy I will satisfy with bread.

¹⁶And her priests I will clothe with rescue, and her faithful ones will surely cry aloud for joy.

¹⁷There I will make a horn sprout for David; I have set a lamp in order for my anointed.

¹⁸His enemies I will clothe with shame, and on him his crown will bloom."