2 Samuel 23:1-7

Modern English Version

The oracle of David the son of Jesse,
    the oracle of the man who was raised on high,
the anointed of the God of Jacob,
    and the favorite psalmist of Israel:

² The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
    and His word was on my tongue.
³ The God of Israel said,
    the Rock of Israel spoke to me:
He who rules over man justly,
    who rules in the fear of God,
⁴ is like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
    a morning with no clouds,
gleaming after the rain
    like grass from the land.

⁵ Is not my house like this with God?
    For He made an everlasting covenant with me,
    ordered in all things and secure.
For this is all my salvation and all my desire;
    will He not make it flourish?
⁶ But the worthless individual is like a thorn tossed away, all of them,
    for they cannot be taken with the hand.
⁷ But the man who touches them
    must have an iron implement and the shaft of a spear,
    and they must be burned with fire on the spot.