Psalm 132-134

Common English Bible

Psalm 132

A pilgrimage song.

132 Lord, remember David—
    all the ways he suffered
²    and how he swore to the Lord,
        how he promised the strong one of Jacob:
³    “I won’t enter my house,
    won’t get into my bed.
⁴    I won’t let my eyes close,
    won’t let my eyelids sleep,
⁵        until I find a place for the Lord,
        a dwelling place for the strong one of Jacob.”

⁶Yes, we heard about it in Ephrathah;
    we found it^[a] in the fields of Jaar.
⁷Let’s enter God’s dwelling place;
    let’s worship at the place God rests his feet!
⁸Get up, Lord, go to your residence—
    you and your powerful covenant chest!
⁹Let your priests be dressed in righteousness;
    let your faithful shout out with joy!
¹⁰And for the sake of your servant David,
    do not reject your anointed one.

¹¹The Lord swore to David
    a true promise that God won’t take back:
        “I will put one of your own children on your throne.
¹²And if your children keep my covenant
        and the laws that I will teach them,
    then their children too will rule on your throne forever.”
¹³Because the Lord chose Zion;
    he wanted it for his home.
¹⁴“This is my residence forever.
    I will live here because I wanted it for myself.^[b]
¹⁵I will most certainly bless its food supply;
    I will fill its needy full of food!
¹⁶I will dress its priests in salvation,
    and its faithful will shout out loud with joy!
¹⁷It is there that I will make David’s strength thrive.^[c]
    I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one there.
¹⁸I will dress his enemies in shame,
    but the crown he wears will shine.”

Psalm 133

A pilgrimage song. Of David.

133 Look at how good and pleasing it is
    when families^[d] live together as one!
²It is like expensive oil poured over the head,
    running down onto the beard—
        Aaron’s beard!—
    which extended over the collar of his robes.
³It is like the dew on Mount Hermon
    streaming down onto the mountains of Zion,
    because it is there that the Lord has commanded the blessing:
        everlasting life.

Psalm 134

A pilgrimage song.

134 All you who serve the Lord: bless the Lord right now!
    All you who minister in the Lord’s house at night: bless God!
²Lift up your hands to the sanctuary
    and bless the Lord!
³May the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth,
    bless you from Zion.

Footnotes

Psalm 132:6 It may refer to the covenant chest (132:8b).
Psalm 132:14 Heb lacks for myself.
Psalm 132:17 Or make a horn sprout
Psalm 133:1 Or brothers (and sisters); the term often encompasses extended family relationships.