1a
The Lord your God hath made the earth and established it, and unto Him the dominion thereof belongeth.
1b
He created man and gave him dominion over it.
1c
The nations are the workmanship of His hands; and He hath the right to rule.
2a
He appointed kings, and rulers, and judges; but man rebelled against them.
2b
He made laws, but man broke them, and trampled on them, and forgot them.
3a
Unto Noah gave He dominion over the earth: and to Shem after him;
3b
But the people rebelled against him and established their own ways; and those that oppressed them were their kings and ruled over them in unrighteousness.
4a
Moses was king in Israel; but the people kept not the Law of God; and, rebelling, set up a false god, and worshiped it.
4b
When God would make them kings to rule the earth, they despised His majesty, and went after other gods.
5a
Men have everywhere rebelled against God: nevertheless, the earth is His, and the fulness thereof.
5b
The dominion of it belongeth to Him, and He conferreth it upon whomsoever He will.
6a
He hath chosen His servant James to be king: He hath made him His Apostle to all nations:
6b
He hath established him a Prophet, above the kings of the earth; and appointed him king in Zion: by His own voice did He call him, and He sent His Angels unto him to ordain him.
7a
And the Angel of the Lord stretched forth his hand unto him, and touched his head, and put oil upon him, and said: Grace is poured upon thy lips, and God blesseth thee with the greatness of the everlasting Priesthood.
7b
He putteth might, and glory, and majesty upon thee; and in meekness, and truth, and righteousness, will he prosper thee.
8a
Thou shalt save His people from their enemies, when there is no arm to deliver; and shalt bring salvation, when destruction walketh in the house of thy God.
8b
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore thy God hath anointed thee with oil, and set thee above all thy fellows.
9a
Thy words shall be like sharp arrows in the heart of the wicked.
9b
Thou shalt rebuke those who pervert the word of thy God.
9c
Thou shalt preach righteousness and the sublime mysteries in the ears of many people; and shall bring the gospel to many who have not known it, and to the nations afar off.
10a
Thou shalt drive backward and put to shame those that do evil; and the workers of iniquity shall fall.
10b
They shall be cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
10c
With purity will the Lord thy God arm thee, and purity and truth shalt thou teach.
11a
Keep the Law of the Lord thy God in thy heart; and none of thy steps shall slide.
11b
With thee is the fountain of truth: in thy light shall the people of thy God see; for thou shalt speak his words unto them, and from thy lips shall they receive it.
12a
The blessing of their God shalt thou put upon them, and His curse upon evil doers, if, after being oft rebuked, they repent not:
12b
And before my people shalt thou go, to lead them into my ways; for unto thee has the Lord thy God given salvation.
13a
In righteousness shalt thou rule: thou shalt redeem the poor and the needy from suffering and violence; and to thee God giveth judgment for them.
13b
Thou shalt deliver the prey from the spoiler; for God, thy God, hath put them in thy hand.
14a
And in weakness will He make thee strong; thou shalt rule among His people.
14b
Thou shalt break in pieces the rod of the oppressor, and the yoke of the unjust ruler; they shall flee away, but the way of peace shall they not find.
15a
While the day of the wicked abideth, shalt thou prepare a refuge for the oppressed, and for the poor and needy.
15b
Unto thee shall they come, and their brethren who are scattered shall come with them; and the destruction of the ungodly shall quickly follow; for it already worketh; go thy way, and be strong.