2 Samuel 23:1-7

New International Version

“The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
    the utterance of the man exalted^(A) by the Most High,
the man anointed^(B) by the God of Jacob,
    the hero of Israel’s songs:

² “The Spirit^(C) of the Lord spoke through me;
    his word was on my tongue.
³ The God of Israel spoke,
    the Rock^(D) of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,^(E)
    when he rules in the fear^(F) of God,^(G)
4 he is like the light^(H) of morning^(I) at sunrise^(J)
    on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain^(K)
    that brings grass from the earth.’

⁵ “If my house were not right with God,
    surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,^(L)
    arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
    and grant me my every desire.
⁶ But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,^(M)
    which are not gathered with the hand.
⁷ Whoever touches thorns
    uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;
    they are burned up where they lie.”