Psalms 132:6-13

⁶In 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.

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

⁸Yahweh, 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.

⁹I 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.

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

¹¹Yahweh, 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.

¹²If 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.”

¹³Yahweh has chosen Jerusalem; he has wanted to make that city his home;