A song of degrees.
1 Lord, remember David with all his affliction,
2 Who sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto
the mighty God, of Jacob, saying,
3 I will not enter into the Tabernacle of mine
house, nor come upon my pallet or bed,
4 Nor suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids
to slumber,
5 Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation
for the mighty God of Jacob. (a)
6 Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah, and found it
in the fields of the forest.
7 We will enter into his Tabernacles, and worship
before his footstool. (b)
8 Arise, O Lord, to come into thy 1rest, thou, and
the Ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy Priests be clothed with righteousness,
and let thy Saints rejoice. (c)
10 For thy servant David’s sake refuse not the
face of thine Anointed.
11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David, and
he will not shrink from it, saying, Of the fruit of thy
body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy sons keep my Covenant, and my testimonies,
that I shall teach them, their sons also shall
sit upon thy throne forever. (d)
13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and loved to
dwell in it, saying,
14 This is my rest forever: here will I dwell, for I
have a delight therein.
15 I will surely bless her vittles, and will satisfy
her poor with bread,
16 And will clothe her Priests with salvation, and
her Saints shall shout for joy. (e)
17 There will I make the horn of David to bud:
for I have ordained a light for mine Anointed.
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame, but on
him his crown shall flourish.
(a) Verse 5
Deuteronomy 12:5
5 But ye shall seek the place which the Lord
your God shall choose out of your tribes, to put
his Name there, and there to dwell, and thither thou
shalt come,
(b) Verse 7
Psalm 35:18
So will I give thee thanks in a great Congregation:
I will praise thee among much people.
Psalm 122:1 - 5
1 I rejoiced when they said to me, We will go
into the house of the Lord.
2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is built as a city, that is 1compact
together in itself:
4 Whereunto the Tribes, even the Tribes of the
Lord go up according to the testimony to Israel, to
praise the Name of the Lord.
5 For there are thrones set for judgment, even
the thrones of the house of 1David.
Isaiah 2:3
And many people shall go, and say, Come, and
let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the
house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us his
ways, and we will walk in his paths, for the Law
shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem.
Zechariah 8:21
And they that dwell in one city, shall go to
another, saying, Up, let us go and pray before the
Lord, and seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.
(c) Verse 9
Genesis 14:17 - 19
17 After that he returned from the slaughter of
Chedorlaomer and of the kings that were with him,
came the King of Sodom forth to meet him in the
valley of Shaveh, which is the King’s dale.
18 And Melchizedek King of Salem brought
forth bread and wine: and he was a Priest of the
most high God.
19 Therefore he blessed him, saying, Blessed art
thou, Abram, of God most high, Possessor of heaven
and earth,
Psalm 110:1 - 4
1 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right
hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of
Zion: be thou ruler in the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy people shall come willingly at the time of
assembling thine army in holy beauty: the youth of
thy womb shall be as the morning dew.
4 The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art
a Priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
Isaiah 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, and my soul shall
be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, and covered me with the robe of
righteousness: he hath decked me like a bridegroom,
and as a bride attireth herself with her jewels.
Hebrews 6:20
Whither the forerunner is for us entered in,
even Jesus that is made an high Priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek.
(d) Verse 12
Deuteronomy 11:18 - 22
18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in
your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a
sign upon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet
between your eyes,
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down,
and when thou risest up.
20 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of
thine house, and upon thy gates,
21 That your days may be multiplied, and the
days of your children, in the land which the Lord
sware unto your fathers to give them, as long as 1the
heavens are above the earth.
22 For if ye keep diligently all these Commandments,
which I command you to do: that is, to love
the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to
cleave unto him,
Psalm 34:11
Come children, hearken unto me: I will teach
you the fear of the Lord.
Proverbs 22:6
Teach a child in the trade of his way, and when
he is old he shall not depart from it.
John 14:26
26 But the Comforter, which is the holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my Name, he shall
teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, which I have told you.
(e) Verse 16
Isaiah 59:17
For he put on righteousness, as an habergeon,
and an helmet of salvation upon his head, and he
put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and
was clad with zeal as a cloak.