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Psalm 132 and the Long Labor of the Heart “I will not give sleep to my eyes, to my eyelids I will give no slumber, till I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.” — Psalm 132 (Grail) There is something fierce and unrelenting in Psalm 132. It is not the polished piety of a man who has lived a quiet life. It is the cry of one who has been hunted, betrayed, misunderstood, exalted and cast down, who has known caves and courts, tears and triumph. It is t

David’s relationship with the Lord was always wrapped in deep love and faith yet carried the weight of weakness and infidelity. The Scriptures do not hide it. They open the heart of a man who could sing to God as few ever could and yet fall as deeply as any man ever has. This reality speaks to me—not simply because I bear his name but because his story has become the mirror in which I see the truth of my own heart. Psalm 89 sings of covenant love that endures through every st