David’s Last Song

1 Now these are the last words of David.

David the son of Jesse declares,

aThe man who was raised on high declares,

bThe anointed of the God of Jacob,

And the sweet psalmist of Israel,

2 “aThe Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,

And His word was on my tongue.

3 “The God of Israel said,

aThe Rock of Israel spoke to me,

‘bHe who rules over men righteously,

cWho rules in the fear of God,

4 aIs as the light of the morning when the sun rises,

A morning without clouds,

When the tender grass springs out of the earth,

Through sunshine after rain.’

5 “Truly is not my house so with God?

For aHe has made an everlasting covenant with me,

Ordered in all things, and secured;

For all my salvation and all my desire,

Will He not indeed make it grow?

6 “aBut the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns,

Because they cannot be taken in hand;

7 But the man who touches them

Must be 1armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,

And athey will be completely burned with fire in their 2place.”