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Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all the peoples.

Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.

Give to Jehovah the glory of His name; bring an offering and come before Him; worship Jehovah in the adornment of holiness.

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 Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, in the high place that was in Gibeon;

and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because His mercy endures forever;

And all the people departed, each to his house; and David returned to bless his house.

And it happened, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I am living in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is under curtains.

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;

and it shall be, when your days have been fulfilled to go away with your fathers, that I shall raise up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons, and I shall establish his kingdom.

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

and I will make him stand in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be made to stand forever.

And now, O Jehovah, the Word that You have spoken as to Your servant, and as to his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have spoken;

And David struck Hadarezer the king of Zobah at Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the Euphrates River;

and he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to ask peace of him, and to bless him because he had fought against Hadarezer, and had struck him; for Hadarezer had been a man of war with Tou; and he sent all vessels of gold and silver andbronze.

And David reigned over all Israel, and he executed judgment and justice among all his people.

And it happened after this, that King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his place.

And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father acted with kindness toward me; and David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of Davidcame to the land of the Ammonites, to Hanun,to comfort him.

And the chiefs of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, Is David honoring your father, in your eyes, because he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come in to you in order to search out and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?