1. Lord, [earnestly] remember to David's credit all his humiliations and hardships and endurance–
2. How he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3. Surely I will not enter my dwelling house or get into my bed–
4. I will not permit my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber,
5. Until I have found a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob. [Acts 7:46.]
6. Behold, at Ephratah we [first] heard of [the discovered ark]; we found it in the fields of the wood [at Kiriath-jearim]. [I Sam. 6:21.]
7. Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool.
8. Arise, O Lord, to Your resting-place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.