A pilgrimage song / / /
LORD, remember David --
all the ways he suffered and how he swore to the LORD,
how he promised the strong one of Jacob:
"I won't enter my house,
won't get into my bed.
I won't let my eyes close,
won't let my eyelids sleep,
until I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling place for the strong one out of Jacob."
Yes, we heard about it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let's enter God's dwelling place;
let's worship at the place God rests his feet!
Get up, LORD, go to your residence --
you and your powerful covenant chest!
Let your priests be dressed in righteousness;
let your faithful shout out with joy!
And for the sake of your servant David,
do not reject your anointed one.
The Lord swore to David a true promise that God won't take back:
"I will put one of your own children on your throne.
And if your children keep my covenant and the laws that I will teach them,
then these children too will rule on your throne forever."
Because the LORD chose Zion,
he wanted it for his home..
"This is my residence forever. I will live here because I wanted it for myself."
I will most certainly bless its food supply;
I will fill its needy full of food!
I will dress its priests in salvation,
and its faithful will shout out loud with joy!
It is there that I will make David's strength thrive.
I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one there.
I will dress his enemies in shame, but the crown he wears will shine."
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