David’s final message

23 David, the son of Jesse, was a man whom God caused to become great.

He was appointed to become king by the God whom Jacob worshiped.

He wrote beautiful songs for the Israeli people.

This is the last song that he wrote:

2 “The Spirit of Yahweh tells me what to say;

the message that I speak [MTY] comes from him.

3 God, the one whom we Israeli people worship, has spoken;

the one who protects us Israeli people said to me,

‘Kings who rule people justly

have an awesome respect for me, God.

4 They are like the sun that shines at dawn

and causes the grass to sprout/sparkle after the rain ends.’

5 And truly, that is how God will surely bless my family [RHQ]

because he made an agreement with me that will endure forever,

an agreement in which he promises that no part of it will ever be changed.

He will surely cause me to prosper [RHQ],

and he will always help me,

and that is all that I desire.

6 But he will get rid of godless/evil people like [SIM] people throw away thorns

that injure people if they try to pick them up with their hands.

7 Someone who wants to get rid of thornbushes does not grab them;

he uses an iron shovel or a spear to dig them out

and then he burns them completely.