I will not allow my eyes to sleep
or my eyelids to slumber(A)
until I find a place for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”(B)

We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;[a](C)
we found it in the fields of Jaar.[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:6 = Bethlehem
  2. Psalm 132:6 = Kiriath-jearim

I will allow no sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
till I find a place(A) for the Lord,
    a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

We heard it in Ephrathah,(B)
    we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. (See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)