¹ A Song of degrees.

LORD, remember David,
and all his afflictions:
² How he sware unto the LORD,
and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
³ Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house,
nor go up into my bed [couch of my bedchamber];
⁴ I will not give sleep to mine eyes,
or slumber to mine eyelids,
⁵ Until I find out a place for the LORD,
an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

⁶ Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah:
we found it in the fields of the wood.
⁷ We will go into his tabernacles:
we will worship at his footstool [stool of his feet].
⁸ Arise, O LORD, into thy rest;
thou, and the ark of thy strength.
⁹ Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness;
and let thy saints shout for joy.
¹⁰ For thy servant David's sake
turn not away the face of thine anointed.

¹¹ The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David;
he will not turn from it;
Of the fruit of thy body
will I set upon thy throne.
¹² If thy children will keep my covenant
and my testimony that I shall teach them,
their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore [unto perpetuity].
¹³ For the LORD hath chosen Zion;
he hath desired it for his habitation.
¹⁴ This is my rest for ever [unto perpetuity]:
here will I dwell;
for I have desired it.
¹⁵ I will abundantly bless [blessing I shall bless] her provision:
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
¹⁶ I will also clothe her priests with salvation:
and her saints shall shout aloud for joy [being jubilant they shall be jubilant].
¹⁷ There will I make the horn of David to bud:
I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
¹⁸ His enemies will I clothe with shame:
but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]