1. These are the last words of David:‘The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High,the man anointed by the God of Jacob,the hero of Israel’s songs:
2. ‘The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me;his word was on my tongue.
3. The God of Israel spoke,the Rock of Israel said to me:“When one rules over people in righteousness,when he rules in the fear of God,
4. he is like the light of morning at sunriseon a cloudless morning,like the brightness after rainthat brings grass from the earth.”