² You say, “I choose the appointed time;^(A)
    it is I who judge with equity.^(B)

“God will bring into judgment^(A)
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.”^(B)

¹³ You will arise^(A) and have compassion^(B) on Zion,
    for it is time^(C) to show favor^(D) to her;
    the appointed time^(E) has come.

I will conduct the affairs^(B) of my house
    with a blameless heart.

⁷⁰ He chose David^(A) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
⁷¹ from tending the sheep^(B) he brought him
    to be the shepherd^(C) of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.
⁷² And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;^(D)
    with skillful hands he led them.

³ The God of Israel spoke,
    the Rock^(A) of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,^(B)
    when he rules in the fear^(C) of God,^(D)
4 he is like the light^(E) of morning^(F) at sunrise^(G)
    on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain^(H)
    that brings grass from the earth.’