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Now these
are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, said, and the man
who was raised up high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet cantor of Israel, said,
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(The Spirit of the LORD has spoken by me, and his word
has been in my tongue.
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The God of Israel dictated unto me, the strong One of Israel spoke): He that rules over men
must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
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And as the light of the morning when the sun rises, of a morning shining forth without clouds,
as the shining forth through light rain
upon the tender grass of the earth:
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shall not my house be so with God, although all my saving health and my desire shall not be produced yet? For he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ordered in all
things, and it shall be kept;
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but those of Belial
shall all be as thorns to be chased away, whom no one takes with the hand;
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but the one
that desires to touch them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear, and they are completely burned with fire in their place.
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These
are the names of the mighty men whom David had: he that sat in the seat of wisdom, chief among the three: Adino, the Eznite, who on one occasion slew eight hundred enemies.
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And after him
was Eleazar, the son of Dodo, the Ahohite,
one of the three mighty men who
were with David, when they defied the Philistines
that were there gathered together to battle, and those of Israel were gone away.