Scripture Reading for the Day
2 Samuel 23:1-7 (HCSB)
1 These are the last words of David: The proclamation of David son of Jesse, the proclamation of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, the favorite singer of Israel:
2 The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me, His word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, “The one who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
4 is like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, the glisten of rain on sprouting grass.”
5 Is it not true my house is with God? For He has established an everlasting covenant with me, ordered and secured in every [detail]. Will He not bring about my whole salvation and [my] every desire?
6 But all the wicked are like thorns raked aside; they can never be picked up by hand.
7 The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear. They will be completely burned up on the spot.