Created Saturday 31 August 2013
(26) Ps.132
"1 'n Bedevaartslied. o HERE, dink aan Dawid, aan al sy moeite; 2 dat hy aan die HERE gesweer het, hierdie gelofte gedoen het aan die Magtige van Jakob: 3 Sekerlik sal ek nie ingaan in die tent van my woning of klim op die bed wat vir my gesprei is nie; 4 sekerlik sal ek my oë geen slaap gun, aan my ooglede geen sluimering nie, 5 totdat ek 'n plek vind vir die HERE, 'n woning vir die Magtige van Jakob! 6 Kyk, ons het daarvan gehoor in Éfrata; ons het dit gevind in die velde van Jaär. 7 Laat ons na sy woning gaan, ons neerbuig voor die voetbank van sy voete. 8 Staan op na u rusplek, HERE, U en die ark van u sterkte! 9 Laat u priesters bekleed wees met geregtigheid, en laat u gunsgenote jubel. 10 Wys u gesalfde nie af nie, ter wille van Dawid, u kneg. 11 Die HERE het aan Dawid gesweer in waarheid (Hy sal daarvan nie terugkom nie): Van die vrug van jou liggaam sal Ek laat sit op jou troon. 12 As jou seuns my verbond hou en my getuienisse wat Ek hulle leer, dan sal húlle seuns ook vir ewig op jou troon sit. 13 Want die HERE het Sion uitgekies, Hy het dit as woonplek vir Hom begeer en gesê: 14 Dit is my rusplek vir ewig; hier wil Ek woon, want Ek het dit begeer. 15 Sy voedsel sal Ek ryklik seën, sy behoeftiges versadig met brood; 16 en sy priesters sal Ek met heil beklee, en sy gunsgenote sal vrolik jubel. 17 Daar sal Ek vir Dawid 'n horing laat uitspruit; Ek het vir my gesalfde 'n lamp toeberei. 18 Ek sal sy vyande met skaamte beklee, maar op hom sal sy kroon skitter."
"Remember, O Lord, in David's favor,
all the hardships he endured,
how he swore to the Lord
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
“I will not enter my house
or get into my bed,
I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
“Let us go to his dwelling place;
let us worship at his footstool!”
Arise, O Lord, and go to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let your saints shout for joy.
For the sake of your servant David,
do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
The Lord swore to David a sure oath
from which he will not turn back:
“One of the sons of your body 1
I will set on your throne.
If your sons keep my covenant
and my testimonies that I shall teach them,
their sons also forever
shall sit on your throne.”
For the Lord has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his dwelling place:
“This is my resting place forever;
here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
I will abundantly bless her provisions;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Her priests I will clothe with salvation,
and her saints will shout for joy.
There I will make a horn to sprout for David;
I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
His enemies I will clothe with shame,
but on him his crown will shine.”"
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