Psalms 131

¹A gradual Canticle. Remember David, o Lord, and all his meekness:

²As he sware to our Lord, vowed a vow to the God of Jacob.

³If I shall enter into the tabernacle of my house, if I shall ascend into the bed of my couch.

⁴If I shall give sleep to mine eyes, and slumbering to mine eye lids:

⁵And rest to my temples: until I find a place for our Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

⁶Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷We will enter into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where his feet stood.

⁸Arise Lord into thy rest, thou, and the ark of thy sanctification.

⁹Let thy Priests be clothed with justice: & let thy saints rejoice.

¹⁰For David thy servant's sake, turn not away the face of thy Christ.

¹¹Our Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not disappoint it: Of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy seat.

¹²If thy children shall keep my testament, and these my testimonies which I will teach them: Their children also even for ever, shall sit upon thy seat.

¹³Because our Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for an habitation to himself.

¹⁴This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell because I have chosen it.

¹⁵Blessing I will bless her widow: her poor I will fill with breads.

¹⁶Her Priests I will clothe with salvation: and her saints shall rejoice with joyfulness.

¹⁷Thither will I bring forth a horn to David, I have prepared a lamp to my Christ.

¹⁸His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my sanctification flourish.