“At the set time that I appoint I will judge with equity.
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.
because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance. With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand.
The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”
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