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Praise the Lord, O families of the people. Praise the Lord for His greatness and strength.

Praise the Lord for the greatness of His name. Bring a gift and come to Him. Worship the Lord clothed in His holiness.

Then the trees of the woods will sing for joy before the Lord. For He is coming to judge the earth.

O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His loving-kindness lasts forever.

Heman and Jeduthun had horns and timbrels for making sounds of joy as the songs of God were sung. The sons of Jeduthun were to watch the gate.

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

"Go and tell My servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says. "You will not build a house for Me to live in.

For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day. But I have gone from tent to tent and from one place to another to live.

In all the places I have gone with all Israel, have I said a word to any of the judges of Israel about this? Have I said to anyone whom I told to watch over My people, ‘Why have you not built a house of cedar wood for Me?'"'

I will choose a place for My people Israel, and will plant them. So they will live in their own place and not be moved again. Never again will they be under the power of sinful men, as they were before,

from the time that I told judges to rule My people Israel. I will put under your power all those who hate you. And I say to you that the Lord will build a house for you.

He will build a house for Me. And I will make his throne last forever.

This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God. You have spoken of Your servant's house for a long time to come. You have thought of me as if I were an important man, O Lord God.

What more can David say to You about the honor given to Your servant? For You know Your servant.

You have made all this greatness, O Lord. You have made known all these great things, for Your servant, and by Your own heart.

For You, O my God, have made it known to Your servant that You will build a house for him. So Your servant has found strength of heart to pray to You.

Now it has pleased You to bring good to the house of Your servant. May it last forever before You. For when You bring good to something, O Lord, good is with it forever."

He won the war against Moab. And the Moabites were made to work for David, bringing taxes to him.

So he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him and give honor to him, because David had fought against Hadadezer and won. For Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of things of gold and silver and brass.

So David ruled over all Israel. He did what was fair and right and good for all his people.