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A Song of the Ascents. Remember, Jehovah, for David, all his afflictions. |
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Who hath sworn to Jehovah. He hath vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: |
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`If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed, |
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If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids -- slumber, |
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Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob. |
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`Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest. |
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We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool. |
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Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength, |
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Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud. |
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For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed. |
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Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee. |
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If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee. |
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For Jehovah hath fixed on Zion, He hath desired `it' for a seat to Himself, |
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This `is' My rest for ever and ever, Here do I sit, for I have desired it. |
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Her provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy `with' bread, |
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And her priests I clothe `with' salvation, And her pious ones do sing aloud. |
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There I cause to spring up a horn for David, I have arranged a lamp for Mine anointed. |
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His enemies I do clothe `with' shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish! |