2 Samuel 23:2-4

New Century Version

² “The Lord’s Spirit spoke through me,
    and his word was on my tongue.
³ The God of Israel spoke;
    the Rock of Israel said to me:
‘Whoever rules fairly over people,
    who rules with respect for God,
⁴ is like the morning light at dawn,
    like a morning without clouds.
He is like sunshine after a rain
    that makes the grass sprout from the ground.’