2. “The Spirit of יהוה has spoken through me, And His word is on my tongue.
3. “The Elohim of Yisra’ĕl said, The Rock of Yisra’ĕl spoke to me, ‘One who rules over man righteously,
4. “Who rules in the fear of Elohim, Is like the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, Tender grass from the earth From sunshine, from rain.’
5. “For is not my house so with Ěl? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all matters, and guarded. For all my deliverance and all desire, Shall He not make it send forth a Branch?
6. “But the worthless are all as thorns thrust away, For they are not taken with hands,
7. “But the man who touches them Uses iron or the shaft of a spear, And with fire they are burned up in their place.”