II Samuel 23 David's last words

 II Samuel 23

David's last words

1 And these are the last words of David: Says David, son of Jesse, and says the man who was lifted up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet in psalms of Israel.

2 The spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was in my mouth.

3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: There shall be a righteous one who rules over men, who rules in the fear of God.

4 And it will be like the light of the morning, when the sun rises, the morning without clouds, when by its brightness and by the rain the grass sprouts on the earth.

5 Though my house is not such with God, yet he hath made an everlasting covenant with me, which shall be ordered and kept in all things;

6 But the children of Belial will all be like thorns that are thrown away, because they cannot be taken with the hand.

7 But whoever touches them shall arm himself with iron and the shaft of a spear; and with fire they will be completely burned in the same place.