Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
Parallel translations
- WEB This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
- KJV The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
- NKJV The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
- NASB ¶The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
- NLT (This ends the prayers of David son of Jesse.)
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This note marks the close of the prayers of David, the son of Jesse.
Overview
This editorial postscript concludes a collection of Davidic psalms, even though more psalms of David appear later in the Psalter. It signals the careful arrangement of the book by its compilers. Fittingly, it follows a psalm of Solomon that looks beyond David to the greater Son of David, Jesus the Messiah (Matthew 1:1).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 2 Sam 23:1These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- Jer 51:64Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.
- Luke 24:51While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
- Job 31:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
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