The Lord Has Chosen Zion
A Song of #[See Ps. 120, title]Ascents.
1 Remember, O Lord, in David’s favor,
all 1 Chr. 22:14the hardships he endured,
2 how he swore to the Lord
and Ps. 50:14vowed to ver. 5;Gen. 49:24;Isa. 49:26;60:16the Mighty One of Jacob,
3 "I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
4 I will not Prov. 6:4give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 until I 1 Chr. 22:7;Acts 7:46find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling place for [See ver. 2above]the Mighty One of Jacob."
6 Behold, we heard of it in 1 Sam. 17:12;[Gen. 35:19] Ephrathah;
we found it in [1 Sam. 7:1]the fields of Jaar.
7 "Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us Ps. 5:7worship at his See Ps. 99:5footstool!"
8 Ps. 68:1;2 Chr. 6:41,42Arise, O Lord, and go to your ver. 14resting place,
you and the ark of your Ps. 78:61might.
9 Let your ver. 16priests be See Job 29:14clothed with righteousness,
and let your [Ps. 149:5]saints shout for joy.
10 For the sake of your servant David,
[2 Kgs. 18:24] do not turn away the face of ver. 17;[1 Kgs. 1:39]your anointed one.
11 Ps. 89:3,34The Lord swore to David a sure oath
Ps. 110:4from which he will not turn back:
2 Sam. 7:12;2 Chr. 6:16;Luke 1:32;Acts 2:30"One of the sons of your body132:11 Hebrew of your fruit of the womb
I will set on your throne.
12 If your sons keep my covenant
and my testimonies that I shall teach them,
their sons also forever
shall 1 Kgs. 8:25;[Job 36:7]sit on your throne."
13 For the Lord has Ps. 78:68;[Ps. 135:21] chosen Zion;
he has See Ps. 68:16desired it for his dwelling place:
14 "This is my ver. 8resting place forever;
here I will Matt. 23:21dwell, for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly Ps. 147:14bless her provisions;
I will Ruth 1:6satisfy her poor with bread.
16 Her ver. 9priests I will clothe with salvation,
and her ver. 9saints will shout for joy.
17 There I will make Ezek. 29:21;[Luke 1:69] a horn to sprout for David;
I have prepared 1 Kgs. 11:36;15:4;2 Kgs. 8:19;2 Chr. 21:7a lamp for ver. 10my anointed.
18 His enemies I will See Job 8:22clothe with shame,
but on him his crown will shine."