Holy Scripture

Psalms 131:3

A church father on this verse
“But he does not demand this living bread from heaven for himself alone, he encourages all mankind to hope for it by saying: Let Israel hope in the Lord from henceforth and for evermore. He sets no temporal limit to our hope, he bids our faithful expectation stretch out into infinity. We are to hope for ever and ever,…”
Hilary of Poitiers, 4th c. — Homily on Psalm 131

Source: Septuagint

Original

3I will not go into the tabernacle of my house; I will not go up to the couch of my bed;

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In context

1A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, And all his meekness:

2How he swore to the Lord, And vowed to the God of Jacob, saying,

— Psalms 131:3 —

4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Nor slumber to mine eyelids, Nor rest to my temples,

5Until I find a place for the Lord, A tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

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