2 Samuel 23:1-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The declaration of David son of Jesse,^(A)
the declaration of the man raised on high,^[a]
the one anointed by the God of Jacob,^(B)
the favorite singer of Israel:
² The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me,
His word was on my tongue.^(C)
3 The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,^(D)
4 is like the morning light when the sun rises
on a cloudless morning,
the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”

⁵ Is it not true my house is with God?
For He has established an everlasting covenant^(E) with me,
ordered and secured in every detail.^(F)
Will He not bring about
my whole salvation and my every desire?
⁶ But all the wicked are like thorns raked aside;
they can never be picked up by hand.
⁷ The man who touches them
must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear.
They will be completely burned up on the spot.