1And these are the last words of David, the utterance of David the son of Jesse, and the utterance of the great man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the musical song of Israel.2The spirit of the LORD spoke in me, and his speech was upon my tongue.3The God of Israel said to me; the Rock of Israel spoke: "A ruler over man who is righteous, a ruler in the fear of God."4And he is like the light of morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, from brightness and from rain that brings grass from the land.5For my house is not so with God, for he has set an everlasting covenant for me, arranged in all things and kept, for all my salvation and all my pleasure, for it does not spring.6And Belial is like a thorn driven away, all of them, for they are not taken in hand.7And if a man touches them, he is filled with iron and with the wood of a spear, and with fire they are surely burned in the seat.