Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures.

David said, “I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy,

Joining them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord. (For his loyal love endures!)

I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you.