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And it came to pass, when Solomon had made an end of praying unto Yahweh all this prayer and supplication, that he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees, with his hands outspread to the heavens;

and stood and blessed all the convocation of Israel, - with a loud voice, saying:

Blessed, be Yahweh, who hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised, - there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers, - let him not leave us, nor forsake us;

but bow our heart unto himself, - to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his regulations, which he commanded our fathers.

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near unto Yahweh our God, day and night, - that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as any need ariseth:

To the end that all the peoples of the earth may know, that, Yahweh, is God, - there is none else.

So shall your heart be sound with Yahweh our God, - to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.