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The Last Words of David

23Now these are the last words of David:
The oracle of David, son of Jesse,
   the oracle of the man whom God exalted,^*
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
   the favourite of the Strong One of Israel:

² The spirit of the Lord speaks through me,
   his word is upon my tongue.
³ The God of Israel has spoken,
   the Rock of Israel has said to me:
One who rules over people justly,
   ruling in the fear of God,
⁴ is like the light of morning,
   like the sun rising on a cloudless morning,
   gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.

⁵ Is not my house like this with God?
   For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
   ordered in all things and secure.
Will he not cause to prosper
   all my help and my desire?
⁶ But the godless are^* all like thorns that are thrown away;
   for they cannot be picked up with the hand;
⁷ to touch them one uses an iron bar
   or the shaft of a spear.
   And they are entirely consumed in fire on the spot.^*

Psalm 132

The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion

A Song of Ascents.
¹ O Lord, remember in David’s favour
   all the hardships he endured;
² how he swore to the Lord
   and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
³ ‘I will not enter my house
   or get into my bed;
⁴ I will not give sleep to my eyes
   or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵ until I find a place for the Lord,
   a dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.’

⁶ We heard of it in Ephrathah;
   we found it in the fields of Jaar.
⁷ ‘Let us go to his dwelling-place;
   let us worship at his footstool.’

⁸ Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting-place,
   you and the ark of your might.
⁹ Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,
   and let your faithful shout for joy.
¹⁰ For your servant David’s sake
   do not turn away the face of your anointed one.

¹¹ The Lord swore to David a sure oath
   from which he will not turn back:
‘One of the sons of your body
   I will set on your throne.
¹² If your sons keep my covenant
   and my decrees that I shall teach them,
their sons also, for evermore,
   shall sit on your throne.’