2 Samuel 23:1-7

English Standard Version

The oracle of David, the son of Jesse,
    the oracle of ^(A)the man who was raised on high,
^(B)the anointed of the God of Jacob,
    the sweet psalmist of Israel:^[a]

^2 (C)“The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me;
    his word is on my tongue.
³ The God of Israel has spoken;
    ^(D)the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
    ruling ^(E)in the fear of God,
⁴ he ^(F)dawns on them like the morning light,
    like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
    like rain^[b] that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

⁵ “For does not my house stand so with God?
    ^(G)For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,
    ordered in all things and secure.
For will he not cause to prosper
    all my help and my desire?
⁶ But worthless men^[c] are all like thorns that are thrown away,
    for they cannot be taken with the hand;
⁷ but the man who touches them
    arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,
    and they are utterly consumed with fire.”^[d]