² The spirit of the Lord speaks through me,
    his word is upon my tongue.
³ The God of Israel has spoken,
    the Rock of Israel has said to me:
One who rules over people justly,
    ruling in the fear of God,
⁴ is like the light of morning,
    like the sun rising on a cloudless morning,
    gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.

⁵ Is not my house like this with God?
    For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
    ordered in all things and secure.
Will he not cause to prosper
    all my help and my desire?
⁶ But the godless are^[b] all like thorns that are thrown away;
    for they cannot be picked up with the hand;
⁷ to touch them one uses an iron bar
    or the shaft of a spear.
    And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.^[c]

⁶ We heard of it in Ephrathah;
    we found it in the fields of Jaar.
⁷ ‘Let us go to his dwelling-place;
    let us worship at his footstool.’

⁸ Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting-place,
    you and the ark of your might.
⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
    and let your faithful shout for joy.
¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake
    do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ The Lord swore to David a sure oath
    from which he will not turn back:
‘One of the sons of your body
    I will set on your throne.
¹² If your sons keep my covenant
    and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, for evermore,
    shall sit on your throne.’

¹³ For the Lord has chosen Zion;
    he has desired it for his habitation:
¹⁴ ‘This is my resting-place for ever;
    here I will reside, for I have desired it.
¹⁵ I will abundantly bless its provisions;
    I will satisfy its poor with bread.
¹⁶ Its priests I will clothe with salvation,
    and its faithful will shout for joy.
¹⁷ There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David;
    I have prepared a lamp for my anointed one.
¹⁸ His enemies I will clothe with disgrace,
    but on him, his crown will gleam.’