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.”

⁶ Behold, we heard of it ^(E)in Ephrathah;
^(F)We found it ^(G)in the fields of ^[a]the woods.
⁷ Let us go into His tabernacle;
^(H)Let us worship at His footstool.
^8 (I)Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and ^(J)the ark of Your strength.
⁹ Let Your priests ^(K)be clothed with righteousness,
And let Your saints shout for joy.

¹⁰ For Your servant David’s sake,
Do not turn away the face of Your ^[b]Anointed.

^11 (L)The Lord has sworn in truth to David;
He will not turn from it:
“I will set upon your throne ^(M)the ^[c]fruit of your body.
¹² If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I shall teach them,
Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore.”