2 Samuel 23:1-7 ▼

1 These are the last words of David: |Here is the declaration by David, son of Jesse- the declaration by the man whom God raised up, whom the God of Jacob anointed, the singer of Israel's psalms:

2 |The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me. His words were on my tongue.

3 The God of Israel spoke to them. The rock of Israel told me, 'The one who rules humans with justice rules with the fear of God.

4 He is like the morning light as the sun rises, like a morning without clouds, like the brightness after a rainstorm. The rain makes the grass grow from the earth.'

5 |Truly, God considers my house to be that way, because he has made a lasting promise to me, with every detail arranged and assured. [He promised] everything that helps me, everything that pleases me. Truly, he makes these things happen.

6 |Worthless people are like thorns. All of them are thrown away, because they cannot be picked by hand.

7 A person who touches them uses iron [tools] or the shaft of a spear. Fire will burn them up completely wherever they are.|