[1] LORD, remember David and all the times he didn’t do what he wanted. [2] LORD, he made a promise. Mighty One of Jacob, he made a promise to you. [3] He said, “I won’t enter my house or go to bed. [4] I won’t let my eyes sleep. I won’t close my eyelids [5] until I find a place for the LORD. I want to build a house for the Mighty One of Jacob.” [6] Here are the words we heard in Ephrathah. We heard them again in the fields of Kiriath Jearim. [7] “Let us go to the LORD’s house. Let us worship at his feet. Let us say, [8] ‘LORD, rise up and come to your resting place. Come in together with the ark. It’s the sign of your power. [9] May your priests put on godliness as if it were their clothes. May your faithful people sing for joy.’ ” [10] In honor of your servant David, don’t turn your back on your anointed king. [11] The LORD made a promise to David. It is a firm promise that he will never break. He said, “After you die, I will place one of your own sons on your throne. [12] If your sons keep my covenant and the laws I teach them, then their sons will sit on your throne for ever and ever.” [13] The LORD has chosen Zion. That’s the place where he wants to live. [14] He has said, “This will be my resting place for ever and ever. Here I will sit on my throne, because that’s what I want. [15] I will greatly bless Zion with everything it needs. I will give plenty of food to the poor people living there. [16] I will put salvation on its priests as if it were their clothes. God’s faithful people will always sing for joy. [17] “Here in Jerusalem I will raise up a mighty king from the family of David. I will set up the lamp of David’s kingdom for my anointed king. Its flame will burn brightly forever. [18] I will put shame on his enemies as if it were their clothes. But he will wear on his head a shining crown.”
