David’s Last Words

23 These are the last words of David:

“The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
    the utterance of the man exalted(A) by the Most High,
the man anointed(B) by the God of Jacob,
    the hero of Israel’s songs:

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23 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

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David’s Last Words

23 Now these are the last words of David.

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:

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The Last Words of David

23 Now these are the last words of David:

The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,
    the oracle of (A)the man who was raised on high,
(B)the anointed of the God of Jacob,
    the sweet psalmist of Israel:[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:1 Or the favorite of the songs of Israel

The Lord is the strength(A) of his people,
    a fortress of salvation(B) for his anointed one.(C)

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The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

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The Lord is [a]their strength,
And He is the (A)saving refuge of His [b]anointed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 28:8 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. the strength of His people
  2. Psalm 28:8 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah

The Lord is the strength of his people;[a]
    he is (A)the saving refuge of his anointed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength