Soon and Very Soon

¹ LORD, remember David all the ways he suffered ² and how he swore to the LORD, how he promised the strong one of Jacob: ³ “I won’t enter my house, won’t get into my bed. ⁴ I won’t let my eyes close, won’t let my eyelids sleep, ⁵ until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the strong one of Jacob.” ⁶ Yes, we heard about it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar. ⁷ Let’s enter God’s dwelling place; let’s worship at the place God rests his feet! ⁸ Get up, LORD, go to your residence you and your powerful covenant chest! ⁹ Let your priests be dressed in righteousness; let your faithful shout out with joy! ¹⁰ And for the sake of your servant David, do not reject your anointed one. ¹¹ 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. ¹² And if your children keep my covenant and the laws that I will teach them, then their children too will rule on your throne forever.” ¹³ Because the LORD chose Zion; he wanted it for his home. ¹⁴ “This is my residence forever. I will live here because I wanted it for myself. ¹⁵ I will most certainly bless its food supply; I will fill its needy full of food! ¹⁶ I will dress its priests in salvation, and its faithful will shout out loud with joy! ¹⁷ It is there that I will make David’s strength thrive. I will prepare a lamp for my anointed one there. ¹⁸ I will dress his enemies in shame, but the crown he wears will shine.”