This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here. ¹ 

The king says, ¹  “I will announce the Lord’s decree. He said to me: ²  ‘You are my son! ³  This very day I have become your father!

For ²  Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! ³  Grant the king’s son ⁴  the ability to make fair decisions! ⁵ 

A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. ²  Lord, how ³  numerous are my enemies! Many attack me. ⁴ 

I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, ¹  the most exalted of the earth’s kings.

You plot against your brother; ¹  you slander your own brother. ² 

May you give support to the one you have chosen, ¹  to the one whom you raised up for yourself! ² 

Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. ¹  You saved me from death. ² 

Of what importance is the human race, ¹  that you should notice ²  them? Of what importance is mankind, ³  that you should pay attention to them, ⁴ 

Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave! ¹ 

O Lord, of what importance is the human race, ¹  that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, ²  that you should be concerned about them? ³ 

the root ¹  your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow! ² 

Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! ¹ 

Give sincere homage! ¹  Otherwise he ²  will be angry, ³  and you will die because of your behavior, ⁴  when his anger quickly ignites. ⁵  How blessed ⁶  are all who take shelter in him! ⁷ 

No enemy will be able to exact tribute ¹  from him; ²  a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him. ³ 

For the music director; according to the alumoth-labben style; ²  a psalm of David. I will thank the Lord with all my heart! I will tell about all your amazing deeds! ³ 

He ¹  will descend like rain on the mown grass, ²  like showers that drench ³  the earth. ⁴ 

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power ¹  in the tents of Ham.

May his fame endure! ¹  May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! ²  May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! ³  May all nations consider him to be favored by God! ⁴