132:7 Let us go to his dwelling place!
Let us worship 1 before his footstool!
132:8 Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place,
you and the ark of your strength!
132:9 May your priests be clothed with integrity! 2
May your loyal followers shout for joy!
132:10 For the sake of David, your servant,
do not reject your chosen king! 3
132:11 The Lord made a reliable promise to David; 4
he will not go back on his word. 5
He said, 6 “I will place one of your descendants 7 on your throne.
132:12 If your sons keep my covenant
and the rules I teach them,
their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”
132:13 Certainly 8 the Lord has chosen Zion;
he decided to make it his home. 9
132:14 He said, 10 “This will be my resting place forever;
I will live here, for I have chosen it. 11
132:15 I will abundantly supply what she needs; 12
I will give her poor all the food they need. 13
132:16 I will protect her priests, 14
and her godly people will shout exuberantly. 15
132:17 There I will make David strong; 16
I have determined that my chosen king’s dynasty will continue. 17
132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, 18
and his crown will shine.
1 tn Or “bow down.”
2 tn Or “righteousness.”
3 tn Heb “do not turn away the face of your anointed one.”
4 tn Heb “the
5 tn Heb “he will not turn back from it.”
6 tn The words “he said” are supplied in the translation to clarify that what follows are the
7 tn Heb “the fruit of your body.”
8 tn Or “for.”
9 tn Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”
10 tn The words “he said” are added in the translation to clarify that what follows are the
11 tn Heb “for I desired it.”
12 tn Heb “I will greatly bless her provision.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.
13 tn Heb “her poor I will satisfy [with] food.”
14 tn Heb “and her priests I will clothe [with] deliverance.”
15 tn Heb “[with] shouting they will shout.” The infinitive absolute is used to emphasize the verb.
16 tn Heb “there I will cause a horn to sprout for David.” The horn of an ox underlies the metaphor (cf. Deut 33:17; 1 Kgs 22:11; Pss 18:2; 92:10). The horn of the wild ox is frequently a metaphor for military strength; the idiom “exalt the horn” signifies military victory (see 1 Sam 2:10; Pss 89:17, 24; 92:10; Lam 2:17). In the ancient Near East powerful warrior-kings would sometimes compare themselves to a goring bull that used its horns to kill its enemies. For examples, see P. Miller, “El the Warrior,” HTR 60 (1967): 422-25, and R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 135-36.
17 tn Heb “I have arranged a lamp for my anointed one.” Here the “lamp” is a metaphor for the Davidic dynasty (see 1 Kgs 11:36).
18 tn Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”