2 Samuel 23:1-7
New American Standard Bible
David’s Last Song
23 Now these are the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse declares,
(A)The man who was raised on high,
(B)The anointed of the God of Jacob
And the sweet psalmist of Israel, declares,
2 “(C)The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me,
And His word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said it;
(D)The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘(E)He who rules over mankind righteously,
(F)Who rules in the fear of God,
4 (G)Is like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the fresh grass springs out of the earth
From sunshine after rain.’
5 Is my house not indeed so with God?
For (H)He has made an everlasting covenant with me,
Properly ordered in all things, and secured;
For will He not indeed make
All my salvation and all my delight grow?
6 (I)But the worthless, every one of them, are like scattered thorns,
Because they cannot be taken in hand;
7 Instead, the man who touches them
Must be [a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And (J)they will be completely burned with fire in their [b]place.”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit filled
- 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit sitting
2 Samuel 23:1-7
International Standard Version
David’s Oracle
23 This was David’s last composition:
The oracle of David, son of Jesse,
an oracle by the valiant one who was exalted—
anointed by the God of Jacob,
the contented psalm writer of Israel.
2 The Spirit of the Lord speaks within[a] me;
his word is on my tongue!
3 The God of Israel has spoken;
the Rock of Israel has talked to me.
“When one is governing men justly,
he fears God while governing.
4 He is like dawn’s first[b] light,
like bright sun blazing on a cloudless morning,
glistening on grassland that flourishes after a rain shower.
5 Is not my dynasty[c] like this with God?
Has he not made an eternal covenant with me,
preparing every detail of it?
And he has made it secure,
including my complete[d] salvation, has he not?
He has been of continual [e] help, has he not,
even with respect to all of my desires?
6 But ungodly men[f] are like thorns that are discarded
because they cannot be safely[g] handled.
7 Whoever handles them
wears heavy duty clothing,[h]
carries strong tools,[i]
and burns them to ashes on the spot![j]
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 23:2 Or through
- 2 Samuel 23:4 The Heb. lacks first
- 2 Samuel 23:5 Lit. house
- 2 Samuel 23:5 Lit. including all of my
- 2 Samuel 23:5 Lit. He has been all
- 2 Samuel 23:6 Lit. But Belial
- 2 Samuel 23:6 The Heb. lacks safely
- 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit. arms himself with iron
- 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit. and a spear shaft
- 2 Samuel 23:7 Lit. ashes where they sit
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