'Now rise up, O LORD God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might; let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness — The prayer closes with a call for God's presence: 'rise up...and go to your resting place' (קוּמָה יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־מְנוּחָתְךָ) with the 'ark of your might' (אֲרוֹן־עֻזְּךָ). Priests should be 'clothed with salvation' (יִלְבְּשׁוּ־צֶדֶק) and saints 'rejoice in goodness' (חֲסִידֶיךָ בְטוּב). The language echoes verse 20, suggesting that the prayer returns cyclically to its opening themes: God's resting place, ark, priestly righteousness, and the people's joy. The closure emphasizes that the prayer aims not merely at future blessings but at present enactment: God enters the resting place now; priests and people experience present salvation.

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