2 Samuel 23:1-4 ▼

1 These are the last words of David: The oracle of David, son of Jesse; the oracle of the man God raised up, Anointed of the God of Jacob, favorite of the Mighty One of Israel.

2 The spirit of the LORD spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.

3 The God of Israel spoke; of me the Rock of Israel said, “One who rules over humankind with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

4 Is like the light at sunrise on a cloudless morning, making the land’s vegetation glisten after rain.”