REmember Davids troubles, Lord,
how to the Lord he swore,
[verse 2] And vow'd a vow to Jacobs God,
to keep for evermore:
[verse 3] I will not come within my house,
nor climb up to my bed,
[verse 4] Nor let my temples take their rest,
nor the eyes in my head,
[verse 5] Till I have found out for the Lord
a place to sit thereon:
An house for Jacobs God to be
an habitation.
[verse 6] We heard of it at Ephrata,
there did we hear this sound▪
And in the fields and forests there
these voices first were found.
[verse 7] We will assay, and go in now
his tabernacle there,
Before his footstool to fall down,
and worship him in fear.
[verse 8] Arise, O Lord, arise, I say,
into thy resting-place:
Both thou and the ark of thy strength,
the presence of thy grace.
[verse 9] Let all thy priests be clothed, Lord,
with truth and righ••eousness:
Let all thy saints and holy men
sing all with joyfulness.
[verse 10] And for thy servant Davids sake,
refuse not Lord, I say,
The face of thine anointed, Lord,
nor turn thy face away.