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O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

He [is] the LORD our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth.

Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations;

[Even of the covenant] which he made with Abraham, and of his oath to Isaac;

Sing to the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to day his salvation.

Declare his glory among the heathen; his wonderful works among all nations.

Glory and honor [are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place.

Give to the LORD the glory [due] to his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

O give thanks to the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:

And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon,

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever;

And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under curtains.

And it shall come to pass, when thy days shall be ended that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before thee:

But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem [to be] his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

Therefore now, LORD, Let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.