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		Ps 132:1 O LORD, remember on David's behalf All his hardship and affliction;
		Ps 132:2 How he swore to the LORD And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
		Ps 132:3 "I absolutely will not enter my house, Nor get into my bed--
		Ps 132:4 I certainly will not permit my eyes to sleep Nor my eyelids to slumber,
		Ps 132:5 Until I find a place for the LORD, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob (Israel)." [Acts 7:46]
		Ps 132:6 ¶ Behold, we heard of it at Ephrathah; We found it in the field of Jaar. [1 Sam 6:21]
		Ps 132:7 Let us go into His tabernacle; Let us worship at His footstool.
		Ps 132:8 Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.
		Ps 132:9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living), And let Your godly ones shout for joy.
		Ps 132:10 ¶ For the sake of Your servant David, Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.
		Ps 132:11 The LORD swore to David A truth from which He will not turn back: "One of your descendants I will set upon your throne. [Ps 89:3, 4; Luke 1:69; Acts 2:30, 31]
		Ps 132:12 "If your children will keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever."
		Ps 132:13 ¶ For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:
		Ps 132:14 "This is My resting place forever" [says the LORD]; "Here will I dwell, for I have desired it.
		Ps 132:15 "I will abundantly bless her provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
		Ps 132:16 "Her priests also I will clothe with salvation, And her godly ones will shout aloud for joy.
		Ps 132:17 "There I will make the horn (strength) of David grow; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises]. [1 Kin 11:36; 15:4; 2 Chr 21:7; Luke 1:69]
		Ps 132:18 "His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon himself shall his crown shine." A Song of Ascents. Of David.<SS>

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