David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him.

Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, ‘The Lord reigns!’

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

The Lord told Gad, David’s prophet,

So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the Lord.

The Lord ordered the messenger to put his sword back into its sheath.

They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple.

David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.

Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, after the ark was placed there.

Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.

They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).

He did not seek the Lord’s guidance, so the Lord killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

So David became famous in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him.

The first time you did not carry it; that is why the Lord God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.”