2 Samuel 23:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 The God of Israel spoke;
of me the Rock of Israel said,
“One who rules over humankind with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,(A)
4 Is like the light at sunrise
on a cloudless morning,
making the land’s vegetation glisten after rain.”(B)
5 Is not my house firm before God?
He has made an eternal covenant with me,
set forth in detail and secured.(C)
Will he not bring to fruition
all my salvation and my every desire?
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