2 Samuel 23:2-4

Revised Geneva Translation

² “The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me. And His Word was in my tongue.

³ “The God of Israel spoke to me, the Strength of Israel said: ‘Bear rule over men, being just, ruling in the fear of God,

⁴ ‘as the morning light when the Sun rises. Be as the morning, I say, without clouds, as the grass of the earth by the bright rain.’