Revised Version 1895

2 Samuel 23:2-7

2Thespiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spake bymeH5921, and hiswordדִּבֶּר־di.ber-H1696wasuponH5921mytongueלְשׁוֹנִֽי׃le.sho.NiH3956.

3TheGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478saidאָמַר֙'a.MarH559, theRockצ֣וּרtzurH6697ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478spake tomeדִבֶּ֖רdi.BerH1696: One that ruleth overmenבָּאָדָ֔םba.'a.DamH120righteouslyצַדִּ֕יקtza.DikH6662, that ruleth in thefearיִרְאַ֥תyir.'AtH3374ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430,

4He shall be as thelightוּכְא֥וֹרu.khe.'orH216of themorningבֹּ֖קֶרBo.kerH1242, when thesunשָׁ֑מֶשׁSha.meshH8121riseth, amorningבֹּ֚קֶרBo.kerH1242withoutלֹ֣אlo'H3808cloudsעָב֔וֹתa.VotH5645; when thetenderH1877grassH1877springeth out of theearthמֵאָֽרֶץ׃me.'A.retzH776,throughH776clearshiningH216afterH776rainמִמָּטָ֖רmi.ma.TarH4306.

5Verily myhouseבֵּיתִ֖יbei.TiH1004isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808soכֵ֥ןkhenH3651withGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410; yet he hathmadeH7760withmeH7760aneverlastingעוֹלָ֜םo.LamH5769covenantבְרִ֨יתve.RitH1285, ordered inallבַכֹּל֙va.KolH3605things, and sure: for it isallכָל־khol-H3605mysalvationיִשְׁעִ֥יyish.'IH3468, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605mydesireחֵ֖פֶץChe.fetzH2656,althoughH3588he maketh itnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808togrowיַצְמִֽיחַ׃yatz.Mi.achH6779.

6But the ungodly shall beallכֻּלָּ֑הַםku.La.hamH3605of them asthornsכְּק֥וֹץke.KotzH6975to bethrustמֻנָ֖דmu.NadH5074awayH3947, for theycannotלֹ֥אlo'H3808betakenיִקָּֽחוּ׃yi.Ka.chuH3947with thehandבְיָ֖דve.YadH3027:

7But themanוְאִישׁ֙ve.'IshH376that toucheth them must bearmedיִמָּלֵ֥אyi.ma.Le'H4390withironבַרְזֶ֖לvar.ZelH1270and the staff of aspearחֲנִ֑יתcha.NitH2595; and they shall be utterlyburnedH8313withfireוּבָאֵ֕שׁu.va.'EshH784in theirplaceבַּשָּֽׁבֶת׃ פba.Sha.vetH7675.

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