2 Samuel 23:1-7

1Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the 1God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith,

2The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.

3The 2God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of 3God;

4And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [like] the rising of the sun, A morning without clouds; [When] from the sunshine, after rain, The green grass springeth from the earth.

5Although my house be not so before 4God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow.

6But [the sons] of Belial [are] all of them as thorns thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with hands;

7And the man that will touch them provideth himself with iron and the staff of a spear; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.