David’s Last Words
Thus says David the son of Jesse;
Thus says athe man raised up on high,
bThe anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel:
aThe Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling bin the fear of God.
A morning without clouds,
Like the tender grass springing out of the earth,
By clear shining after rain.’
aYet 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?
Because they cannot be taken with hands.
Must be1 armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.”
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2 Samuel 23:3
The Rock of Israel - The Fountain whence Israel was derived.
He that ruleth over men must be just - More literally, moshel baadam tsaddik , He that ruleth in man is the just one; or, The just one is the ruler among men.
Ruling in the fear of God - It is by God' s fear that Jesus Christ rules the hearts of all his followers; and he who has not the fear of God before his eyes, can never be a Christian.
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