2 ‘The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me;his word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke,the Rock of Israel said to me:“When one rules over people in righteousness,when he rules in the fear of God,
4 he is like the light of morning at sunriseon a cloudless morning,like the brightness after rainthat brings grass from the earth.”
5 ‘If my house were not right with God,surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,arranged and secured in every part;surely he would not bring to fruition my salvationand grant me my every desire.
6 But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns,which are not gathered with the hand.
7 Whoever touches thornsuses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear;they are burned up where they lie.’
8 These are the names of David’s mighty warriors:Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.