The God of Israel has spoken;
    (A)the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
    ruling (B)in the fear of God,
he (C)dawns on them like the morning light,
    like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
    like rain[a] that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:4 Hebrew from rain

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