Thus says David the son of Jesse;
Thus says ^(A)the man raised up on high,
^(B)The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel:

² “The^(C) Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.
³ The God of Israel said,
^(D)The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling ^(E)in the fear of God.
⁴ And ^(F)he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
Like the tender grass springing out of the earth,
By clear shining after rain.’

⁵ “Although my house is not so with God,
^(G)Yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant,
Ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
Will He not make it increase?
⁶ But the sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away,
Because they cannot be taken with hands.
⁷ But the man who touches them
Must be ^[a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am ^(C)merciful,’ says the Lord;
‘I will not remain angry forever.
^13 (D)Only acknowledge your iniquity,
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God,
And have ^(E)scattered your ^[a]charms
To ^(F)alien deities ^(G)under every green tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the Lord.

‘How can I put you among the children
And give you ^(T)a pleasant land,
A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’

‘You shall call Me, ^(U)“My Father,”
And not turn away from Me.’
²⁰ Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her ^[c]husband,
So ^(V)have you dealt treacherously with Me,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.

²¹ A voice was heard on ^(W)the desolate heights,
Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel.
For they have perverted their way;
They have forgotten the Lord their God.

²² “Return, you backsliding children,
And I will ^(X)heal your backslidings.”

“Indeed we do come to You,
For You are the Lord our God.
^23 (Y)Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills,
And from the multitude of mountains;
^(Z)Truly, in the Lord our God
Is the salvation of Israel.
^24 (AA)For shame has devoured
The labor of our fathers from our youth—
Their flocks and their herds,
Their sons and their daughters.
²⁵ We lie down in our shame,
And our ^[d]reproach covers us.
^(AB)For we have sinned against the Lord our God,
We and our fathers,
From our youth even to this day,
And ^(AC)have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”