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1 LORD, remember David— all the ways he suffered
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LORD, remember David and all his self-denial.
2 and how he swore to the LORD, how he promised the strong one of Jacob:
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He swore an oath to the LORD, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 "I won't enter my house, won't get into my bed.
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“I will not enter my house or go to my bed,
4 I won't let my eyes close, won't let my eyelids sleep,
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I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the strong one of Jacob."
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till I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
6 Yes, we heard about it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.
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We heard it in Ephrathah, we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:
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