Nor suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber,

Until I find out a place for the [a]Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

Lo, we heard of it in [b]Ephrathah, and found it in the fields of the forest.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:5 That is, the Ark, which was a sign of God’s presence.
  2. Psalm 132:6 The common bruit was that the Ark should remain in Ephrathah, that is, in Bethlehem a plentiful place: but after we perceived that thou wouldest place it in Jerusalem, which was barren as a forest, and compassed about only with hills.

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