This is the declaration of Jesse’s son David,
    the declaration of a man raised high,
    a man anointed by the God of Jacob,
    a man favored by the strong one of Israel.^[a]
2 The Lord’s spirit speaks through me;
    his word is on my tongue.
³ Israel’s God has spoken,
    Israel’s rock said to me:
“Whoever rules rightly over people,
    whoever rules in the fear of God,
⁴     is like the light of sunrise
    on a morning with no clouds,
        like the bright gleam after the rain
        that brings grass from the ground.”
⁵ Yes, my house is this way with God!^[b]
    He has made an eternal covenant with me,
    laid out and secure in every detail.
Yes, he provides every one of my victories
    and brings my every desire to pass.
⁶ But despicable people are like thorns,
    all of them good for nothing,
    because they can’t be carried by hand.
⁷ No one can touch them,
except with iron bar or the shaft of a spear.
    They must be burned up with fire right on the spot!

132 Lord, remember David—
    all the ways he suffered
²     and how he swore to the Lord,
        how he promised the strong one of Jacob:
³     “I won’t enter my house,
    won’t get into my bed.
⁴     I won’t let my eyes close,
    won’t let my eyelids sleep,
⁵         until I find a place for the Lord,
        a dwelling place for the strong one of Jacob.”

        thrones were raised up.
    The ancient one took his seat.
        His clothes were white like snow;
        his hair was like a lamb’s wool.
        His throne was made of flame;
        its wheels were blazing fire.
¹⁰ A river of fire flowed out from his presence;
    thousands upon thousands served him;
        ten thousand times ten thousand stood ready to serve him!
The court sat in session; the scrolls were opened.

one like a human being^[a]
    coming with the heavenly clouds.
He came to the ancient one
    and was presented before him.
¹⁴ Rule, glory, and kingship were given to him;
    all peoples, nations, and languages will serve him.
His rule is an everlasting one—
    it will never pass away!—
        his kingship is indestructible.

93 The Lord rules!
    He is robed in majesty—
    the Lord is robed,
    clothed with strength.
Yes, he set the world firmly in place;^[a]
    it won’t be shaken.
² Your throne is set firm for a very long time.
    You are eternal!