2Samuel:23:1-7

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* Now these are the last words of David . Thus says David the son of Jesse ; Thus says the man raised up on high , The anointed of the God of Jacob , And the sweet psalmist of Israel : * "The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me , And His word was on my tongue . * The God of Israel said , The Rock of Israel spoke to me : "He who rules over men must be just , Ruling in the fear of God . * And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises , A morning without clouds , Like the tender grass springing out of the earth , By clear shining after rain .' * "Although my house is not so with God , Yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant , Ordered in all things and secure . For this is all my salvation and all my desire ; Will He not make it increase ? * But the sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away , Because they cannot be taken with hands . * But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear , And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place ."

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