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- {A Song of degrees.}
Jehovah, remember for David all his affliction;
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- How he swore unto Jehovah, vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:
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- I will not come into the tent of my house, I will not go up to the couch of my bed;
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- I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,
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- Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob.
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- Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.
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- Let us go into his habitations, let us worship at his footstool.
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- Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength.
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- Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.
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- For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.
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- Jehovah hath sworn [in] truth unto David;
he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;
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- If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.
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- For Jehovah hath chosen Zion;
he hath desired it for his dwelling:
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- This is my rest for ever;
here will I dwell, for I have desired it.
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- I will abundantly bless her provision;
I will satisfy her needy ones with bread;
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- And I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
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- There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth;
I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
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- His enemies will I clothe with shame;
but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
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