¹⁵ Are you a king
    because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
    and do justice and righteousness?
    Then it was well with him.^(A)

32 See, a king will reign in righteousness,
    and princes^[a] will rule with justice.^(A)
2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
    a covert from the tempest,
like streams of water in a dry place,
    like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.^(B)

⁷ Great will be his authority,^[a]
    and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
    He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
    from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.^(A)

¹⁴ Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne;
    steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.^(A)

⁷¹ from tending the nursing ewes he brought him
    to be the shepherd of his people Jacob,
    of Israel, his inheritance.^(A)
72 With upright heart he tended them
    and guided them with skillful hand.^(B)