David’s Last Words

23 These are the last words of David:

The declaration of David son of Jesse,(A)
the declaration of the man raised on high,[a]
the one anointed by the God of Jacob,(B)
the favorite singer of Israel:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:1 Or raised up by the high [God]

David’s Last Words

23 These are the last words of David:

“The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
    the utterance of the man exalted(A) by the Most High,
the man anointed(B) by the God of Jacob,
    the hero of Israel’s songs:

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Such is the generation of those who seek Him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[a](A)Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 24:6 LXX; some Hb mss, Syr read seek Your face, God of Jacob; other Hb mss read seek Your face, Jacob

Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek your face,(A) God of Jacob.[a][b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 24:6 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts face, Jacob
  2. Psalm 24:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 10.

At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.(A)

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At your rebuke,(A) God of Jacob,
    both horse and chariot(B) lie still.

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Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,(A)

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Tremble, earth,(A) at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.(A)
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

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Many peoples(A) will come and say,

“Come, let us go(B) up to the mountain(C) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(D) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.(E)

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