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saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, as your portion for an inheritance."

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the LORD made the heavens.

Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

With them were Heman and Jedu'thun, and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the LORD, for his steadfast love endures for ever.

Heman and Jedu'thun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jedu'thun were appointed to the gate.

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

For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I led up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.

and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly,

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

but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom for ever and his throne shall be established for ever.'"

And this was a small thing in thy eyes, O God; thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast shown me future generations, O LORD God!

And what more can David say to thee for honoring thy servant? For thou knowest thy servant.

For thy servant's sake, O LORD, and according to thy own heart, thou hast wrought all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

What other nation on earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for thyself a name for great and terrible things, in driving out nations before thy people whom thou didst redeem from Egypt?

And thou didst make thy people Israel to be thy people for ever; and thou, O LORD, didst become their God.

And now, O LORD, let the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken;

and thy name will be established and magnified for ever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God,' and the house of thy servant David will be established before thee.