| 1 A song of ascents. LORD, remember David and all his anxious care; | 1 שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלֹות זְכֹור־יְהוָה לְדָוִד אֵת כָּל־עֻנֹּותֹו |
| 2 How he swore an oath to the LORD, vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: | 2 אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַיהוָה נָדַר לַאֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב |
| 3 "I will not enter the house where I live, nor lie on the couch where I sleep; | 3 אִם־אָבֹא בְּאֹהֶל בֵּיתִי אִם־אֶעֱלֶה עַל־עֶרֶשׂ יְצוּעָי |
| 4 I will give my eyes no sleep, my eyelids no rest, | 4 אִם־אֶתֵּן שְׁנַת לְעֵינָי לְעַפְעַפַּי תְּנוּמָה |
| 5 Till I find a home for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob." | 5 עַד־אֶמְצָא מָקֹום לַיהוָה מִשְׁכָּנֹות לַאֲבִיר יַעֲקֹב |
| 6 "We have heard of it in Ephrathah; we have found it in the fields of Jaar. | 6 הִנֵּה־שְׁמַעֲנוּהָ בְאֶפְרָתָה מְצָאנוּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי־יָעַר |
| 7 Let us enter God's dwelling; let us worship at God's footstool." | 7 נָבֹואָה לְמִשְׁכְּנֹותָיו נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לַהֲדֹם רַגְלָיו |
| 8 "Arise, LORD, come to your resting place, you and your majestic ark. | 8 קוּמָה יְהוָה לִמְנוּחָתֶךָ אַתָּה וַאֲרֹון עֻזֶּךָ |
| 9 Your priests will be clothed with justice; your faithful will shout for joy." | 9 כֹּהֲנֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־צֶדֶק וַחֲסִידֶיךָ יְרַנֵּנוּ |
| 10 For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your anointed. | 10 בַּעֲבוּר דָּוִד עַבְדֶּךָ אַל־תָּשֵׁב פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ |
| 11 The LORD swore an oath to David, a pledge never to be broken: "Your own offspring I will set upon your throne. | 11 נִשְׁבַּע־יְהוָה ׀ לְדָוִד אֱמֶת לֹא־יָשׁוּב מִמֶּנָּה מִפְּרִי בִטְנְךָ אָשִׁית לְכִסֵּא־לָךְ |
| 12 If your sons observe my covenant, the laws I shall teach them, Their sons, in turn, shall sit forever on your throne." | 12 אִם־יִשְׁמְרוּ בָנֶיךָ ׀ בְּרִיתִי וְעֵדֹתִי זֹו אֲלַמְּדֵם גַּם־בְּנֵיהֶם עֲדֵי־עַד יֵשְׁבוּ לְכִסֵּא־לָךְ |
| 13 Yes, the LORD has chosen Zion, desired it for a dwelling: | 13 כִּי־בָחַר יְהוָה בְּצִיֹּון אִוָּהּ לְמֹושָׁב לֹו |
| 14 "This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I desire it. | 14 זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִי עֲדֵי־עַד פֹּה־אֵשֵׁב כִּי אִוִּתִיהָ |
| 15 I will bless Zion with meat; its poor I will fill with bread. | 15 צֵידָהּ בָּרֵךְ אֲבָרֵךְ אֶבְיֹונֶיהָ אַשְׂבִּיעַ לָחֶם |
| 16 I will clothe its priests with blessing; its faithful shall shout for joy. | 16 וְכֹהֲנֶיהָ אַלְבִּישׁ יֶשַׁע וַחֲסִידֶיהָ רַנֵּן יְרַנֵּנוּ |
| 17 There I will make a horn sprout for David's line; I will set a lamp for my anointed. | 17 שָׁם אַצְמִיחַ קֶרֶן לְדָוִד עָרַכְתִּי נֵר לִמְשִׁיחִי |
| 18 His foes I will clothe with shame, but on him my crown shall gleam." | 18 אֹויְבָיו אַלְבִּישׁ בֹּשֶׁת וְעָלָיו יָצִיץ נִזְרֹו |