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“We have heard of it in Ephrathah;[a]
    we have found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let us enter his dwelling;
    let us worship at his footstool.”(A)
“Arise, Lord, come to your resting place,(B)
    you and your mighty ark.

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Footnotes

  1. 132:6 Ephrathah: the homeland of David, cf. Ru 4:11. The fields of Jaar: poetic for Kiriath-jearim, a town west of Jerusalem, where the ark remained for several generations, cf. 1 Sm 7:1–2; 2 Sm 6:2; 1 Chr 13:5–6.

We heard it in Ephrathah,(A)
    we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a](B)
“Let us go to his dwelling place,(C)
    let us worship at his footstool,(D) saying,
‘Arise, Lord,(E) and come to your resting place,
    you and the ark of your might.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. (See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)