2 Samuel 23:1-7 - David Extols Yahweh
1 These be the last sayings of David. David the son of Jesse said: and the man which is lifted up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob and pleasant Psalmist of Israel said, 2 "The spirit of the LORD spake in me, and his words were on my tongue. 3 The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God, 4 shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.' 5 And is not mine house so with God? In that he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, perfect in all points. And in that he shall fulfill all that is healthsome unto me, and all my desires thereto; 6 when the unthrifty men are all of them as thorns taken out of their places, which cannot be taken with hands. 7 But the man that shall touch them must be armed with iron on a long helve. And then shall they be burned with fire to sit thereby."