David&#8217;s power steadily grew, for the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies was with him.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">Give thanks to the <sc>Lordsc>!p> <p class="poetry">Call on his name!p> <p class="poetry">Make known his accomplishments among the nations!p>

<p class="poetry">Boast about his holy name!p> <p class="poetry">Let the hearts of those who seek the <sc>Lordsc> rejoice!p>

<p class="poetry">For all the gods of the nations are worthless,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but the <sc>Lordsc> made the heavens.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy!p> <p class="poetry">Let the nations say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> reigns!&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Give thanks to the <sc>Lordsc>, for he is goodp> <p class="poetry">and his loyal love endures.<n id="1" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> told Gad, David&#8217;s prophet,<n id="1" />

So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

The <sc>Lordsc> ordered the messenger<n id="1" /> to put his sword back into its sheath.p>

They also stood in a designated place<n id="1" /> every morning and offered thanks and praise to the <sc>Lordsc>. They also did this in the evening

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

<p class="bodytext">David told the entire assembly: &#8220;Praise the <sc>Lordsc> your God!&#8221; So the entire assembly praised the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the <sc>Lordsc> and the king.p>

Jehozadak went into exile when the <sc>Lordsc> sent the people of<n id="1" /> Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">These are the men David put in charge of music in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sanctuary,<n id="1" /> after the ark was placed there.

Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the <sc>Lordsc> was with him.

They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle).<n id="1" />

He did not seek the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s guidance, so the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.p>

but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it<n id="1" /> and defeated the Philistines; the <sc>Lordsc> gave them a great victory.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">So David became famous<n id="1" /> in all the lands; the <sc>Lordsc> caused all the nations to fear him.<n id="2" />p>

The first time you did not carry it; that is why the <sc>Lordsc> God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.&#8221;<n id="1" />