²³ And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

² "The Spirit of Yahweh spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.

³ The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,

⁴ shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'