2 Samuel 23:1-4

New English Translation

“The oracle of David son of Jesse,
the oracle of the man raised up as
the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob,^[a]
Israel’s beloved^[b] singer of songs:
² The Lord’s Spirit spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
³ The God of Israel spoke,
the Protector^[c] of Israel spoke to me.
The one who rules fairly among men,
the one who rules in the fear of God,
⁴ is like the light of morning when the sun comes up,
a morning in which there are no clouds.
He is like the brightness after rain
that produces grass from the earth.