since the time that I commanded rulers to be over My people Yisra’ĕ
even from the day I appointed rulers over My people Yisra’ĕ
“And it shall be, when your days are filled to go to be with your fathers, that I shall raise up your seed after you, who is of your sons. And I shall establish his reign.
“And I shall prepare a place for My people Yisra’ĕ
יהוה said to my Master, “Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
If יהוה does not build the house, Its builders have laboured in vain. If יהוה does not guard the city, The watchman has stayed awake in vain.
“And I shall beat down His adversaries before his face, And plague those who hate him.
And it came to be, because the midwives feared Elohim, that He provided households for them.
For He has to reign until He has put all enemies under His feet.
And the displeasure of יהוה burned against Yisra’ĕ
And the children of Yisra’ĕ