2 The spirit of the Lord spoke through me;his word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke;of me the Rock of Israel said,“One who rules over humankind with justice,who rules in the fear of God,
4 Is like the light at sunriseon a cloudless morning,making the land’s vegetation glisten after rain.”
5 Is not my house firm before God?He has made an eternal covenant with me,set forth in detail and secured.Will he not bring to fruitionall my salvation and my every desire?
6 But the wicked are all like thorns to be cast away;they cannot be taken up by hand.
7 One wishing to touch themmust be armed with iron or the shaft of a spear.They must be utterly consumed by fire.
8 These are the names of David’s warriors. Ishbaal, the son of Hachamoni, chief of the Three. He brandished his spear over eight hundred whom he had slain in a single encounter.