2 Samuel 23:2-4

New English Translation

² The Lord’s Spirit spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
³ The God of Israel spoke,
the Protector^[a] of Israel spoke to me.
The one who rules fairly among men,
the one who rules in the fear of God,
⁴ is like the light of morning when the sun comes up,
a morning in which there are no clouds.
He is like the brightness after rain
that produces grass from the earth.