2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel spoke;
What it says
The God of Israel speaks and describes the one who rules justly in the fear of God.
What it is doing
It introduces the poem’s central image of righteous kingship.
In context
1These are the last words of David: 2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; 3The God of Israel spoke; 4is like the light of the morning 5Is not my house right with God? 6But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, 7The man who touches them must be armed with iron