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And they brought in the ark of God, and set it down in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

and He established it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel as a covenant forever,

He has not allowed any to oppress them; yea, for their sake He has reproved kings:

For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; and He is to be feared above all gods.

Then the trees of the forest will sing out before Jehovah, for He has come to judge the earth.

Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever.

And he left there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, for Asaph and for his brothers, to minister before the ark continually to the matter of a day in its day;

and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those making a sound, and instruments of the song of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were at the gate.

And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.

Go, and you shall say to My servant David, So says Jehovah, You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in;

for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought Israel up until this day, but I have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another .

Wherever I have walked up and down among all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built a house of cedars for Me?

and I have been with you wherever you have walked; and I have cut off all your enemies from before you; and have made for you a name like the name of the great ones in the earth.

And I will prepare a place for My people Israel, and he will plant, and he will dwell in his place, and shall not be made to tremble any more; nor shall the sons of wickedness waste him any more, as at the first;

yea, even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will humble all your enemies; and I declare to you that Jehovah shall build a house for you;

He shall build a house for Me, and I shall establish his throne forever;

And this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken to Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have looked upon me as a type of the Man who is on high, O Jehovah God!

What can David add still more to You concerning the honor being put on Your servant? For You know Your servant.

O Jehovah, for Your servant's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

And what one nation in the earth is as Your people Israel, whom God has brought out to ransom to Himself for a people, to make for Yourself a great and fearful name, to cast out the nationsfrom before Your people, whom You have ransomedout of Egypt.