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Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse, the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said:
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"The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue.
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The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: `He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
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And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds, as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
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"Although my house be not so with God, yet He hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure; for this is all my salvation and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.
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But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands;
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but the man that shall touch them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place."
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These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite who sat in the chief seat among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite. He lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.