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Remember ye to the age His covenant, The word He commanded -- To a thousand generations,

Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath -- to Isaac,

Sing to Jehovah, all the earth, Proclaim from day unto day His salvation.

Rehearse among nations His glory, Among all the peoples His wonders.

Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and joy [are] in His place.

Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present, and come before Him. Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.

Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, [is] His kindness,

And he leaveth there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, for Asaph and for his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day,

and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, in a high place that [is] in Gibeon,

And with them [are] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness,

And all the people go, each to his house, and David turneth round to bless his house.

And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah [is] under curtains;'

and it hath come to pass, when thy days have been fulfilled to go with thy fathers, that I have raised up thy seed after thee, who is of thy sons, and I have established his kingdom,

he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age;

and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom unto the age, and his throne is established unto the age.'

`And now, O Jehovah, the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, let be stedfast unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken;

And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat,

and he sendeth Hadoram his son unto king David, to ask of him of peace, and to bless him (because that he hath fought against Hadarezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars with Tou had Hadarezer been,) and all kinds of vessels, of gold, and silver, and brass;

And David reigneth over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,

And it cometh to pass after this, that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon dieth, and his son reigneth in his stead,