## Psalms Chapter 132

###### Psalms 132:1
[Psalms 132:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:1)

שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת זְכוֹר־יְהֹוָ֥ה לְדָוִ֑ד אֵ֝֗ת כׇּל־עֻנּוֹתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Ma῾alot Poem. Lord, remember to David’s favour all his afflictions:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A song of ascents. Remember, O L rd, unto David, all of his tribulation [in seeking a place for your sanctuary]


###### Psalms 132:2
[Psalms 132:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:2)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭שְׁבַּע לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה נָ֝דַ֗ר לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
how he swore to the Lord, and vowed to the mighty God of Ya῾aqov:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
which [(to find the place)] he swore to the L rd, vowed to the Strength of Jacob:


###### Psalms 132:3
[Psalms 132:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:3)

אִם־אָ֭בֹא בְּאֹ֣הֶל בֵּיתִ֑י אִם־אֶ֝עֱלֶ֗ה עַל־עֶ֥רֶשׂ יְצוּעָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Forefend that I come to the tent of my habitation [my palace], that I go up on the bed spread out for me,


###### Psalms 132:4
[Psalms 132:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:4)

אִם־אֶתֵּ֣ן שְׁנַ֣ת לְעֵינָ֑י לְֽעַפְעַפַּ֥י תְּנוּמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will not give sleep to my eyes, slumber to my eyelids,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
That I give [superfluous] sleep to my eyes or slumber to my lids,


###### Psalms 132:5
[Psalms 132:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:5)

עַד־אֶמְצָ֣א מָ֭קוֹם לַיהֹוָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹת לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
until I find out a place for the Lord, a habitation for the mighty One of Ya῾aqov.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Before I find the [fore-ordained] place for [the Temple of] the L rd, the habitation of the Strength of Jacob.


###### Psalms 132:6
[Psalms 132:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:6)

הִנֵּֽה־שְׁמַעֲנ֥וּהָ בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי־יָֽעַר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo, we heard of it at Efrat: we found it in Sede-ya῾ar.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We had heard it [that place] to be in Efrat [(the most select of places)], and, lo, we have found it in the fields of the forest [(in the boundary of Benjamin, who is likened to a beast of the forest, viz. Genesis 49:27)].


###### Psalms 132:7
[Psalms 132:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:7)

נָב֥וֹאָה לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑יו נִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We will go into his dwelling places: we will worship at his footstool.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Now that we have found it,] we shall come [there] to His habitation; we shall bow down to His footstool.


###### Psalms 132:8
[Psalms 132:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:8)

קוּמָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה לִמְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ אַ֝תָּ֗ה וַאֲר֥וֹן עֻזֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Arise, O Lord, to Thy resting place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Arise, O L rd, to Your rest [i.e., a permanent habitation for Your Shechinah], You and the ark of [i.e., the ark which manifests] Your strength.


###### Psalms 132:9
[Psalms 132:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:9)

כֹּהֲנֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־צֶ֑דֶק וַחֲסִידֶ֥יךָ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Thy pious ones shout for joy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your priests will clothe themselves in righteousness [i.e., the priestly vestments, which atone for sinners], and Your saints [the Levites] will sing.


###### Psalms 132:10
[Psalms 132:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:10)

בַּ֭עֲבוּר דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תָּ֝שֵׁ֗ב פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thy servant David’s sake do not turn away the face of Thy anointed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the sake of David your servant, do not turn away the face [i.e., the prayers] of Your anointed one [(Solomon, when he comes to place the ark there)].


###### Psalms 132:11
[Psalms 132:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:11)

נִשְׁבַּֽע־יְהֹוָ֨ה**׀** לְדָוִ֡ד אֱמֶת֮ לֹא־יָשׁ֢וּב מִ֫מֶּ֥נָּה מִפְּרִ֥י בִטְנְךָ֑ אָ֝שִׁ֗ית לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord has sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; One of the sons of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L rd has sworn truth unto David; He will not depart from it — From the fruit of your innards I shall establish a throne for you.


###### Psalms 132:12
[Psalms 132:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:12)

אִֽם־יִשְׁמְר֬וּ בָנֶ֨יךָ**׀** בְּרִיתִי֮ וְעֵדֹתִ֥י ז֗וֹ אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥ם גַּם־בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּ לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thy children will keep my covenant and my Testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If your children heed My covenant and this, My testimony, that I teach them, their children, too, forever, will sit on this throne of yours.


###### Psalms 132:13
[Psalms 132:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:13)

כִּי־בָחַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּצִיּ֑וֹן אִ֝וָּ֗הּ לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord has chosen Żiyyon: he has desired it for his habitation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the L rd has chosen Zion; He has desired it as a habitation for Himself.


###### Psalms 132:14
[Psalms 132:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:14)

זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This is my resting place forever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
This is My resting place forever; here shall I dwell, for I have desired it.


###### Psalms 132:15
[Psalms 132:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:15)

צֵ֭ידָהּ בָּרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֵ֑ךְ אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָ אַשְׂבִּ֥יעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will abundantly bless her provisions: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[From that place] I shall bless her [Zion's] sustenance; I shall sate her poor with bread.


###### Psalms 132:16
[Psalms 132:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:16)

וְֽ֭כֹהֲנֶיהָ אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ יֶ֑שַׁע וַ֝חֲסִידֶ֗יהָ רַנֵּ֥ן יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her pious ones shall shout aloud for joy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I shall clothe her priests [(through the priestly vestments)] with salvation, and her saints shall sing.


###### Psalms 132:17
[Psalms 132:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:17)

שָׁ֤ם אַצְמִ֣יחַ קֶ֣רֶן לְדָוִ֑ד עָרַ֥כְתִּי נֵ֝֗ר לִמְשִׁיחִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There will I make the horn of David to shoot up: I have set up a lamp for my anointed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There [in Zion] I shall make flourish the horn of David; there I have readied the lamp for My anointed one.


###### Psalms 132:18
[Psalms 132:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/132:18)

א֭וֹיְבָיו אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְ֝עָלָ֗יו יָצִ֥יץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His enemies I will clothe with shame: but upon himself his crown will flourish.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I shall clothe his foes with shame, but upon him shall shine his crown.