The LORD Has Chosen Zion
A song of ascents.
O LORD, remember on behalf of David Psa 120:1Psa 129:1Lam 5:1Psa 121:1Psa 126:1Exo 2:24Gen 8:1Lam 3:19
all the hardships he endured,
how he swore an oath to the LORD, Gen 49:24Psa 65:12Sa 7:1Isa 49:26Isa 60:16Psa 116:14-18Psa 119:106Psa 132:5
and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
“I will not enter my house Hag 1:4Mat 6:33Ecc 9:10
or get into my bed,
I will not give sleep to my eyes Pro 6:4Rut 3:18Gen 24:33
or slumber to my eyelids,
until I find a place for the LORD, Eph 2:221Ch 22:72Ch 2:6Act 7:46-491Ch 15:121Ch 15:31Ki 8:272Sa 6:17
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob. 1”
We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; 2 1Sa 17:121Sa 7:1Mic 5:21Ch 13:5-6Gen 35:19Rut 1:2
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
Let us go to His dwelling place; Psa 99:5Psa 5:7Lam 2:1Psa 118:19Psa 122:1Psa 95:6Isa 2:3Psa 66:13-14
let us worship at His footstool.
Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, 2Ch 6:41-42Num 10:35-36Psa 68:1Psa 78:61
You and the ark of Your strength.
May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, Job 29:14Rev 19:81Pe 5:5Isa 61:10Psa 104:1Psa 132:16Psa 93:1Zec 9:9
and Your saints shout for joy.
For the sake of Your servant David, 2Ch 6:421Ki 11:12-131Ki 11:341Ki 15:4-52Ki 19:34Hos 3:5Psa 84:9Psa 89:38-39
do not reject Your anointed one.
The LORD swore an oath to David, 2Sa 7:12Act 2:30Psa 89:3-4Psa 110:42Ch 6:16Heb 6:18Luk 1:32Luk 1:69-70
a promise He will not revoke:
“One of your descendants
I will place on your throne. 3
If your sons keep My covenant Act 2:30Isa 59:21Luk 1:32-33Psa 89:30-35Isa 9:7Psa 102:28Psa 115:14
and the testimony I will teach them,
then their sons will also sit on your throne
forever and ever.”
For the LORD has chosen Zion; Heb 12:22Psa 78:68-69Psa 68:16Psa 87:2Psa 76:1-2Isa 14:32Psa 48:1-3
He has desired it for His home:
“This is My resting place forever and ever; Psa 132:81Ki 8:13Isa 12:6Psa 135:21Psa 76:2Psa 87:2Isa 8:18Psa 68:18
here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
I will bless her with abundant provisions; Psa 147:14Lev 26:4-5Pro 3:9-102Co 9:10-11Mrk 8:6-9Mat 5:6Deu 14:29Exo 23:25
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
I will clothe her priests with salvation, 2Ch 6:41Psa 132:9Isa 61:10Jhn 16:24Gal 3:27Hos 11:12Psa 140:4Zec 9:15-17
and her saints will sing out in joy.
There I will make a horn grow for David; Luk 1:69Ezk 29:212Ch 21:71Ki 11:361Ki 15:4Psa 92:102Ki 8:19Luk 2:30-32
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
I will clothe his enemies with shame, Psa 35:26Job 8:22Luk 1:32-33Mat 28:18Psa 109:29Psa 21:8-9Isa 58:10-12Psa 72:8-11
but the crown upon him will gleam.”