And King David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting.

And David said to the whole congregation, Bless the Lord our God! And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord, and [bowed down] to the king.

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.

And blessed is His glorious name forever, even forever and ever; and all the earth shall be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.

Because the ministry of this service not only is supplying the needs of the saints, but also is abounding through many thanksgivings to God,

and by their prayer for you, who long for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I should find favor in the eyes of the Lord, then will He bring me back, and He will show me [both] it and its beauty.

But if He should say thus, I have no pleasure in you; behold, [here] I am, let Him do to me according to that which is good in His sight.

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has taken pleasure in you, to set you upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish [him] forever; and He has made you king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.

And He brought me out into a wide place; He shall deliver me, because He has pleasure in me.

He hoped in the Lord; let Him deliver Him, let Him save Him, because He takes pleasure in Him.

Jacob is My servant, I will help him; Israel is My elect, My soul has accepted him; I have put My Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

And you shall no more be called Forsaken; and your land shall no more be called Desert; for you shall be called My Pleasure, and your land Inhabited; for the Lord has taken pleasure in you, and your land shall be inhabited.

And Hiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved His people, He made you king over them.

But because the Lord has loved you, and He is keeping the oath which He swore to your fathers; the Lord has brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord has redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

And You have appointed Your people Israel as a people to Yourself forever; and You, O Lord, became a God to them.

And David reigned over all Israel: and David brought about judgment and justice over all his people.

The God of Israel says, The watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will you strengthen the fear of the anointed?

And all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to execute judgment.

[that he may] judge Your people with righteousness, and Your poor with judgment.

And the king's honor loves judgment; You have prepared equity, You have established judgment and justice in Jacob.

To do justly and to speak truth are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.

His government shall be great, and of His peace there is no end; [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] His kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

And there shall come forth a Rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from [his] root;

the spirit of the fear of God. He shall not judge according to appearance, nor reprove according to report;

And He shall have His loins girded with righteousness, and His sides clothed with truth.

For behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment.

And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Zion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

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But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your companions."