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David’s Last Words

23 These are the last words of David:

“Here is the declaration by David, son of Jesse—
the declaration by the man whom God raised up,[a]
whom the God of Jacob anointed,
the singer of Israel’s psalms:

“The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me.
His words were on my tongue.
The God of Israel spoke to them.
The rock of Israel told me,
‘The one who rules humans with justice rules with the fear of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:1 Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek; Masoretic Text “who was raised up high.”

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