Psalms 132

World English Bible 89 include this book

1 LORD, remember David and all his affliction,

2 how he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:

3 “Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,

5 until I find out a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6 Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah. We found it in the field of Jaar.

7 “We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.”

8 Arise, LORD, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength.

9 Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!

10 For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.

11 The LORD has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.

12 If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”

13 For the LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

14 “This is my resting place forever. I will live here, for I have desired it.

15 I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.

16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

17 I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.

18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”

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Jerusalem traditional Assembled for temple worship over several centuries.

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Broad agreement: 1010 BC–400 BC David and many others
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Events overlapping the period this book is dated to (1010 BC–400 BC).

1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.

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