Psalms 132:4-12 in English

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;

⁵ Until I find out a place for Jehovah, A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.

⁷ We will go into his tabernacles; We will worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, O Jehovah, into thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; And let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David’s sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

⁵ Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

⁵ Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids;

⁵ Until I find out a place for the LORD, a tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: we found it in the field of the wood.

⁷ We will go into his tabernacles; we will worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, O LORD, into thy resting place; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ The LORD hath sworn unto David in truth; he will not turn from it: of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

⁴ I will not sleep at all

⁵ until I build a place for Yahweh, a home for the mighty God whom Jacob worshiped.”

⁶ In Bethlehem we heard news about the sacred chest. We went and found it in the fields of Jearim city, and we took it to Jerusalem.

⁷ Later we said, “Let's go to the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem; let's worship there in front of the throne where he sits.”

⁸ Yahweh, come to the place where you live eternally, to the place where your sacred chest is, to that place that shows that you are very powerful.

⁹ I want/desire that the righteous behavior of your priests will always be evident, just like the beautiful robes that they wear MET, and that your people will always shout joyfully.

¹⁰ You chose David to serve you as king of Israel; do not reject/abandon him!

¹¹ Yahweh, you made a solemn promise to David, a promise that you will not break. You said, “I will cause your descendants to rule MTY as kings like you.

¹² If they keep my agreement with them and obey all the commands that I will give them, the line of kings descended from you will never end.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!

¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!

¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!

¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or rest to my eyeballs,

⁵ Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

⁶ We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ Let us go into his tent; let us give worship at his feet.

⁸ Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints give cries of joy.

¹⁰ Because of your servant David, do not give up your king.

¹¹ The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

¹² If your children keep my word, and the teachings which I will give them, their children will be rulers of your kingdom for ever.

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,

⁵ Until I find out a place for Jehovah, habitations for the Mighty One of Jacob. ...

⁶ Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah, we found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ Let us go into his habitations, let us worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;

¹² If thy children keep my covenant, and my testimonies which I will teach them, their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.

⁴ I will not go to sleep, I will not take a nap,

⁵ until I find a place where the Lord can live, a home for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ In Ephrathah we received information about the Ark of Agreement, and we found it in fields near Jaar.

⁷ Let's go to the place where the Lord lives and bow down at his feet in worship.

⁸ Come, Lord, and enter your home, together with your Ark of your power.

⁹ May your priests wear goodness like clothing; may your faithful people shout for joy.

¹⁰ For the sake of your servant David, don't reject the king you have chosen.

¹¹ The Lord made a solemn promise to David, one he will never cancel—“I will put one of your descendants on your throne.

¹² If your sons keep to my agreement and my laws that I will teach them, then their sons will always occupy your throne.”

⁴ Nor suffer mine eyes to sleepe, nor mine eye lids to slumber,

⁵ Vntill I finde out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mightie God of Iaakob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah, and found it in the fieldes of the forest.

⁷ We will enter into his Tabernacles, and worship before his footestoole.

⁸ Arise, O Lord, to come into thy rest, thou, and the Arke of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousnesse, and let thy Saints reioyce.

¹⁰ For thy seruant Dauids sake refuse not the face of thine Anointed.

¹¹ The Lord hath sworne in trueth vnto Dauid, and he wil not shrinke from it, saying, Of the fruite of thy body will I set vpon thy throne.

¹² If thy sonnes keepe my couenant, and my testimonies, that I shall teach them, their sonnes also shall sit vpon thy throne for euer.

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids;

⁵ Until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.'

⁶ Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood.

⁷ Let us go into His dwelling-place; let us worship at His footstool.

⁸ Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.

⁹ Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For Thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of Thine anointed.

¹¹ The LORD swore unto David in truth; He will not turn back from it: 'Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.'

⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids,

⁵ Until I find out a place for the Lord, A habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: We found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ We will go into his tabernacles: We will worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; Thou, and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; And let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David’s sake Turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; He will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.

⁴ I will not grant any sleep to my eyes, nor to my eyelids any slumber:

⁵ Until I shall have found out a place for the Lord, a dwelling-place for the mighty One of Jacob.

⁶ “Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we met with it in the fields of the forest:

⁷ let us then go into his dwelling: let us prostrate ourselves before his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, O Lord, unto thy resting-place: thou, and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy pious servants shout for joy.

¹⁰ For the sake of David thy servant turn not away the face of thy anointed.

¹¹ The Lord hath sworn unto David in truth; he will not turn from it: “From the fruit of thy body will I set some one on the throne to succeed thee.

¹² If thy children will observe my covenant and this my testimony which I teach them: then also shall their children sit for evermore upon the throne to succeed thee.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, Nor slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ Until I find a place for Jehovah, A habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it at Ephratah; We found it in the fields of the forest.

⁷ Let us go into his habitation; Let us worship at his footstool!

⁸ Arise, O LORD! into thy rest, Thou, and the ark of thy strength!

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness, And thy holy ones shout for joy!

¹⁰ For the sake of thy servant David, Reject not the prayer of thine anointed!

¹¹ Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David, And he will not depart from it: “Of the fruit of thy body will I place upon the throne for thee.

¹² If thy children keep my covenant, And my statutes, which I teach them, Their children also throughout all ages Shall sit upon thy throne.”

⁴ never to give his eyes sleep or his eyelids slumber,

⁵ till he had found a place for the Lord, for the Strong One of Jacob to live in.

⁶ We heard of it in Ephrathah, in the fields of Jaar we found it.

⁷ We went to the place where he dwelt, we bowed ourselves low at his footstool.

⁸ “Arise, Lord, and enter your resting-place, you and your mighty ark.

⁹ Let your priests wear a garment of righteousness, your faithful shout aloud for joy.

¹⁰ For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your Anointed.”

¹¹ The Lord swore an oath to David an oath that he will not break; “I will set on your throne a prince of your line.

¹² If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons, too, forever, will sit on your throne.”

⁴ never to give his eyes sleep or his eyelids slumber,

⁵ till he had found a place for the Lord, for the Strong One of Jacob to live in.

⁶ We heard of it in Ephrathah, in the fields of Jaar we found it.

⁷ We went to the place where he dwelt, we bowed ourselves low at his footstool.

⁸ “Arise, Lord, and enter your resting-place, you and your mighty ark.

⁹ Let your priests wear a garment of righteousness, your faithful shout aloud for joy.

¹⁰ For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your Anointed.”

¹¹ The Lord swore an oath to David an oath that he will not break; “I will set on your throne a prince of your line.

¹² If your sons keep my covenant and the statutes I teach them, then their sons, too, forever, will sit on your throne.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

⁵ until I find out a place for Adonai, a dwelling for the 'Avir Ya'akov Mighty One of Supplanter.”

⁶ Behold, we sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar:

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will hawa ·bow low, prostrate· to worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, Adonai , into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!”

¹⁰ For your servant David Beloved’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ Adonai has sworn to David Beloved in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes or rest to my eyelids

⁵ until I find a place for Yahweh, a tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ See, we heard about it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

⁷ We will go into God's tabernacle; we will worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, Yahweh, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!

⁹ May your priests be clothed with integrity; may your faithful ones shout for joy.

¹⁰ For your servant David's sake, do not turn away from your anointed king.

¹¹ Yahweh swore a sure oath to David, a sure oath that he will not revoke: “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

¹² If your sons keep my covenant and the laws that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forevermore.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!

¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!

¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ Until I find a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.

⁸ Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thy anointed.

¹¹ The LORD hath sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

¹² If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them; their children also shall sit upon thy throne for ever.

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your holy ones shout for joy!

¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

⁵ until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

⁷ “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

⁸ Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your holy ones shout for joy!

¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

¹² If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

⁴ I shall not give sleep to mine eyes; and napping to mine eyelids.

⁵ And rest to my temples, till I find a place to the Lord; a tabernacle to the God of Jacob.

⁶ Lo! we heard that the ark of the testament is in Ephratah or we have heard of it in Ephratah; we found it in the fields of the wood.

⁷ We shall enter into the tabernacle of him; we shall worship in the place, where his feet stood.

⁸ Lord, rise thou into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thine hallowing.

⁹ Thy priests be clothed with right-fulness or rightwiseness; and thy saints make full out joy.

¹⁰ For David, thy servant; turn thou not away the face of thy christ.

¹¹ The Lord swore in truth to David, and he shall not make him in vain; Of the fruit of thy womb I shall set on thy seat.

¹² If thy sons shall keep my testament; and my witnessings, these which I shall teach them. And the sons of them till into the world; they shall set on thy seat.

⁴ I shall not give sleep to mine eyes; and napping to mine eyelids. (I shall not give sleep to my eyes; or napping to my eyelids.)

⁵ And rest to my temples, till I find a place to the Lord; a tabernacle to the God of Jacob. (Until I find a place for the Lord; yea, a dwelling place for the Mighty God of Jacob.)

⁶ Lo! we heard that (the) ark of (the) testament (is) in Ephratah, or Lo! we have heard (of) it in Ephratah; we found it in the fields of the wood. (Behold! we have heard that the Covenant Box is in Ephratah; we found it in the fields of Jaar, (or of Jearim).)

⁷ We shall enter into the tabernacle of him (or We shall go into his Tabernacle, or his dwelling place); we shall worship in the place, where his feet stood.

⁸ Lord, rise thou into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thine hallowing. (Arise, O Lord, and come back to thy resting place; thou, and the Ark of thy power.)

⁹ Thy priests be clothed with rightfulness; and thy saints make full out joy. (Let thy priests be clothed in righteousness; and thy saints rejoice.)

¹⁰ For David, thy servant; turn thou not away the face of thy christ. (For the sake of thy servant David; turn thou not away thy face from thy anointed king.)

¹¹ The Lord swore (in) truth to David, and he shall not make him in vain; Of the fruit of thy womb I shall set on thy seat. (The Lord swore truthfully to David, and he did not say in vain, I shall put the fruit of thy womb upon thy throne.)

¹² If thy sons shall keep my testament; and my witnessings, these which I shall teach them. And the sons of them till into the world; they shall set on thy seat. (And if thy sons shall keep my covenant, and obey my teachings, which I shall teach them; then their sons shall sit on thy throne forever.)

⁴ If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids — slumber,

⁵ Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.

⁶ 'Lo, we have heard it in Ephratah, We have found it in the fields of the forest.

⁷ We come in to His tabernacles, We bow ourselves at His footstool.

⁸ Arise, O Jehovah, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength,

⁹ Thy priests do put on righteousness, And Thy pious ones cry aloud.

¹⁰ For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.

¹¹ Jehovah hath sworn truth to David, He turneth not back from it: Of the fruit of thy body, I set on the throne for thee.

¹² If thy sons keep My covenant, And My testimonies that I teach them, Their sons also for ever and ever, Do sit on the throne for thee.