1. Lord, remember David and 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 house or go to my bed,
4. I will allow no sleep to my eyes or 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:
7. “Let us go to his dwelling place, let us worship at his footstool, saying,
8. ‘Arise, Lord, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.