2 Samuel

¹Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, and the man who was raised on high saith, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel: ²The spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was upon my tongue. ³The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, that ruleth in the fear of God, ⁴He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, a morning without clouds; when the tender grass springeth out of the earth, through clear shining after rain. ⁵Verily my house is not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for it is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he maketh it not to grow. ⁶But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, for they cannot be taken with the hand: ⁷But the man that toucheth them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.