The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 A song of ascents: ADONAI, remember in David's favor all the hardships he endured,
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A Song of Ascents. Lord, remember David And all his afflictions;
2 how he swore to ADONAI, vowed to the Mighty One of Ya'akov,
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How he swore to the Lord, And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 "I will not enter the house where I live or get into my bed,
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"Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house, Or go up to the comfort of my bed;
4 I will not allow myself to sleep or even close my eyes,
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I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I find a place for ADONAI, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Ya'akov."
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Until I find a place for the Lord, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
6 We heard about it in Efrat, we found it in the Fields of Ya'ar.
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Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; We found it in the fields of the woods.
7 Let's go into his dwelling and prostrate ourselves at his footstool.
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Let us go into His tabernacle; Let us worship at His footstool.
8 Go up, ADONAI, to your resting-place, you and the ark through which you give strength.
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Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
9 May your cohanim be clothed with righteousness; may those loyal to you shout for joy.
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Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.
10 For the sake of your servant David, don't turn away the face of your anointed one.
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For Your servant David's sake, Do not turn away the face of Your Anointed.
11 ADONAI swore an oath to David, an oath he will not break: "One of the sons from your own body I will set on your throne.
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The Lord has sworn in truth to David; He will not turn from it: "I will set upon your throne the fruit of your body.
12 If your sons keep my covenant and my instruction, which I will teach them, then their descendants too, forever, will sit on your throne."
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If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I shall teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore."
13 For ADONAI has chosen Tziyon, he has wanted it as his home.
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For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:
14 "This is my resting-place forever, I will live here because I so much want to.
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"This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
15 I will bless it with plenty of meat, I will give its poor their fill of food.
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I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 Its cohanim I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy.
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I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17 I will make a king sprout there from David's line and prepare a lamp for my anointed one.
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There I will make the horn of David grow; I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed.
18 His enemies I will clothe with shame, but on him there will be a shining crown."
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His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall flourish."
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.