2 Samuel 23:1-4 ▼

1 And these are the last words of David: “An utterance of David son of Jesse, and a declaration of the mighty man who was exalted on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

2 The Spirit of YHWH spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue.

3 The God of Israel spoke the Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over men is righteous, ruling in the fear of God,

4 and as the light of the morning he rises, a morning sun, without clouds, by clear shining after the rain, the tender grass of the earth.’