I’ll install Peace to run your country,
    make Righteousness your boss.
There’ll be no more stories of crime in your land,
    no more robberies, no more vandalism.
You’ll name your main street Salvation Way,
    and install Praise Park at the center of town.
You’ll have no more need of the sun by day
    nor the brightness of the moon at night.
God will be your eternal light,
    your God will bathe you in splendor.
Your sun will never go down,
    your moon will never fade.
I will be your eternal light.
    Your days of grieving are over.
All your people will live right and well,
    in permanent possession of the land.
They’re the green shoot that I planted,
    planted with my own hands to display my glory.
The runt will become a great tribe,
    the weakling become a strong nation.
I am God.
    At the right time I’ll make it happen.”

I thought it would be beneficial to see how Eugene Peterson renders verses 17b-22 in ‘The Message’.

In the ‘NIV’ verse 17b reads:

”I will make peace your governor and well-being your ruler.”

Although we will not experience the fullness of these words on this side of heaven, even now let us pray for ”Peace” and ”Righteousness” to hold sway in our lands – wherever we may live. As we are instructed by Paul to pray for those in authority (1 Timothy 2:1-7), may we do so today.