1A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Remember, YHWH, for David, all his afflictions;

2Who has sworn to YHWH, || He has vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3“If I enter into the tent of my house, || If I go up on the couch of my bed,

4If I give sleep to my eyes, || To my eyelids—slumber,

5Until I find a place for YHWH, dwelling places for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6Behold, we have heard it in Ephratah, || We have found it in the fields of the forest.

7We come into His dwelling places, || We bow ourselves at His footstool.

8Arise, O YHWH, to Your rest, || You, and the Ark of Your strength,

9Your priests put on righteousness, || And Your pious ones cry aloud.

10For the sake of Your servant David, || Do not turn back the face of Your anointed.

11YHWH has sworn truth to David, || He does not turn back from it: “Of the fruit of your body, || I set on the throne for you.

12If your sons keep My covenant, || And My testimonies that I teach them, || Their sons also forever and ever || Sit on the throne for you.”

13For YHWH has fixed on Zion, || He has desired [it] for a seat to Himself,

14“This [is] My rest forever and ever, || Here I sit, for I have desired it.

15I greatly bless her provision, || I satisfy her poor [with] bread,

16And I clothe her priests [with] salvation, || And her pious ones sing aloud.

17There I cause a horn to spring up for David, || I have arranged a lamp for My Anointed.

18I clothe His enemies [with] shame, || And His crown flourishes on Him!”