² The Spirit of Jehovah hath spoken by me, And His word `is' on my tongue.

⁴³ He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,

²¹ for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

³⁶ for David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on My right hand, till I place thine enemies -- thy footstool;

²⁵ for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me -- because He is on my right hand -- that I may not be moved;

²⁶ because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet -- my flesh also shall rest on hope,

²⁷ because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption;

²⁸ Thou didst make known to me ways of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenance.

²⁹ `Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day;

³⁰ a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

³¹ having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

⁷ Wherefore, (as the Holy Spirit saith, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear --

⁸ ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,