23:3 The God of Israel spoke,
the protector 1 of Israel spoke to me.
The one who rules fairly among men,
the one who rules in the fear of God,
23:5 My dynasty is approved by God, 2
for he has made a perpetual covenant with me,
arranged in all its particulars and secured.
He always delivers me,
and brings all I desire to fruition. 3
1 tn Heb “rock,” used as a metaphor of divine protection.
2 tn Heb “For not thus [is] my house with God?”
3 tn Heb “for all my deliverance and every desire, surely does he not make [it] grow?”