David’s Prayer of Blessing

Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly [and] said:

“ May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

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Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You.

Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. 12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands [are] power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

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Now therefore, our God, we vvv give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name. 14 But who [am] I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You. 15 For we [are] foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

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O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You. 17 I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

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O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You. 19 And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build [Your] palace for which I have made provision.”

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Then David said to the whole assembly,“Bless the LORD your God.”

So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

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