Psalm 132

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My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

130  Out of the fdepths I cry to you, O Lord!

2  O Lord, hear my voice!

Let your ears be gattentive

to the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3  If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, hwho could stand?

4  But with you there is iforgiveness,

jthat you may be feared.

5  I kwait for the Lord, my soul waits,

and lin his word I hope;

6  mmy soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning,

more than watchmen for the morning.

7  nO Israel, hope in the Lord!

For with the Lord there is osteadfast love,

and with him is plentiful redemption.

8  And he will predeem Israel

from all his iniquities.

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

131  O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;

my eyes are not raised too high;

I do not occupy myself with things

too great and qtoo marvelous for me.

2  But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

like a weaned child with its mother;

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3  rO Israel, hope in the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore.

The Lord Has Chosen Zion

A Song of Ascents.

132  Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor,

all the hardships he endured,

2  show he swore to the Lord

and vowed to tthe Mighty One of Jacob,

3  “I will not enter my house

or get into my bed,

4  I will unot give sleep to my eyes

or slumber to my eyelids,

5  until I find a place for the Lord,

a vdwelling place wfor the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6  Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;

xwe found it in the fields of Jaar.

7  “Let us go to his dwelling place;

let us yworship at his footstool!”

8  zArise, O Lord, and go to your resting place,

you and the ark of your amight.

9  Let your priests be bclothed with righteousness,

and let your saints shout for joy.

10  For the sake of your servant David,

cdo not turn away the face of your danointed one.

11  The Lord eswore to David a sure oath

from which he will not turn back:

“One of the sons of your body1

I will set on your fthrone.

12  If your sons keep my covenant

and my testimonies that I shall teach them,

their sons also forever

shall sit on your throne.”

13  For gthe Lord has hchosen Zion;

he has desired it for his dwelling place:

14  “This is my resting place forever;

here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

15  I will abundantly bless her provisions;

I will isatisfy her poor with bread.

16  jHer priests I will kclothe with salvation,

and her saints will shout for joy.

17  There lI will make a horn to sprout for David;

I have prepared a mlamp for my anointed.

18  His enemies I will nclothe with shame,

but on him his crown will shine.”

When Brothers Dwell in Unity

A Song of Ascents. Of David.

133  Behold, how good and pleasant it is

when brothers odwell in unity!1

2  It is like the precious poil on the head,

running down on the beard,

on the beard of Aaron,

running down on the collar of his qrobes!

3  It is rlike the dew of Hermon,

which falls on the mountains of Zion!

For there sthe Lord has commanded the blessing,

life forevermore.

Come, Bless the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

134  tCome, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,

uwho stand by night in the house of the Lord!

2  vLift up your hands to the holy place

and bless the Lord!

3  wMay the Lord bless you from Zion,

he who made heaven and earth!