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.

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.”

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.

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!

135  Praise the Lord!

Praise the name of the Lord,

^xgive praise, O servants of the Lord,

2  ^ywho stand in the house of the Lord,

in the courts of the house of our God!

3  Praise the Lord, ^zfor the Lord is good;

^asing to his name, ^bfor it is pleasant!¹

4  For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,

Israel as ^chis own possession.

5  For I know that ^dthe Lord is great,

and that our Lord is ^eabove all gods.

6  ^fWhatever the Lord pleases, he does,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.

7  He it is who ^gmakes the clouds rise at the end of the earth,

who makes lightnings for the rain

and brings forth the wind from his storehouses.

8  ^hHe it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,

both of man and of beast;

9  who in your midst, O Egypt,

sent ⁱsigns and wonders

against Pharaoh and all his servants;

10  ^jwho struck down many nations

and killed mighty kings,

11  ^kSihon, king of the Amorites,

and ^lOg, king of Bashan,

and ^mall the kingdoms of Canaan,

12  and gave their land as a heritage,

a heritage to his people Israel.

13  ⁿYour name, O Lord, endures forever,

your renown,² O Lord, throughout all ages.

14  For ^othe Lord will vindicate his people

and have compassion on his servants.

15  ^pThe idols of the nations are silver and gold,

the work of human hands.

16  ^qThey have mouths, but do not speak;

they have eyes, but do not see;

17  they have ears, but do not hear,

^rnor is there any breath in their mouths.

18  ^sThose who make them become like them;

so do all who trust in them.

19  O house of Israel, bless the Lord!

O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!

20  O house of Levi, bless the Lord!

You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!

21  Blessed be the Lord from Zion,

he who dwells in Jerusalem!

Praise the Lord!