1. Lord, remember Davidand all his self-denial.
2. He swore an oath to the Lord,he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3. ‘I will not enter my houseor go to my bed,
4. I will allow no sleep to my eyesor slumber to my eyelids,
5. till I find a place for the Lord,a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.’
6. We heard it in Ephrathah,we came upon it in the fields of Jaar: