²¹ Poi Davide tornò verso quei duecento uomini che per la grande stanchezza non gli avevano potuto tener dietro, e che egli avea fatti rimanere al torrente Besor. Quelli si fecero avanti incontro a Davide e alla gente ch’era con lui. E Davide, accostatosi a loro, li salutò.

² You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.

³ Strap your sword on your thigh, mighty one: your splendor and your majesty.

⁴ In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.

⁵ Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies.

⁶ Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.

⁷ You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

⁸ All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.