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Then He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

He permitted no man to oppress them,And He reproved kings for their sakes,

For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised;And He is more fearsome than all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,But Yahweh made the heavens.

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh;For He is coming to judge the earth.

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.

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

for I have not inhabited a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have been from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another.

And I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and not be disturbed again; and the unrighteous will not waste them anymore as formerly,

even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. And I tell you that Yahweh will build a house for you.

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

O Yahweh, for the sake of Your slave, 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 like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

For You, O my God, have revealed in the hearing of Your slave that You will build for him a house; therefore Your slave has found courage to pray before You.

So now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your slave, that it may be forever before You. For You, O Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever."

And David captured from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots.

so he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.

So David reigned over all Israel; and he was doing justice and righteousness for all his people.

Then certain persons went and told David about the men. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonored. And the king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return."