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David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon

1 Chronicles 29:10-20

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Chapter 29
10 David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly. David said, "Blessed are you, LORD God of Israel our father, from eternity to eternity." 11 Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the might and the splendor and the eternity and the majestic splendor. For all in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom and the one lifted up over all as head. 12 And the wealth and the glory are from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are strength and might, and in your hand is power to make great and to strengthen all. 13 And now, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name. 14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer voluntarily like this? For everything comes from you, and from your hand we have given to you. 15 For we are resident aliens and foreigners before you, and sojourners like all our fathers. Our days on the land are a shadow, and there is no hope. 16 O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build you a temple for your holy name—from your hand it comes, and all belongs to you. 17 And I know, my God, that you test hearts and have pleasure in uprightness. I in integrity of heart have voluntarily offered all these, and now I have seen with joy your people who are present here voluntarily offer to you. 18 LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever: to form the thoughts of the hearts of your people and direct their hearts to you. 19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the temple for which I have prepared. 20 And David said to all the assembly, "Now bless the LORD your God." And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. And they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.