<p class="poetry">Hear, O kings!p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, O rulers!p> <p class="poetry">I will sing to the <sc>Lordsc>!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will sing<n id="2" /> to the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel!p>

<p class="poetry">The mountains trembled<n id="1" /> before the <sc>Lordsc>, the God of Sinai;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.p>

They threw away the foreign gods they owned<n id="1" /> and worshiped<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>. Finally the <sc>Lordsc> grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.<n id="3" />p>

Since<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel has driven out<n id="2" /> the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them?<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Then David said to Abigail, &#8220;Praised<n id="1" /> be the <sc>Lord,sc> the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

<p class="poetry">My God<n id="1" /> is my rocky summit where I take shelter,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">my shield, the horn that saves me,<n id="3" /> my stronghold,p> <p class="poetry">my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In my distress I called to the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">I called to my God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">From his heavenly temple<n id="2" /> he heard my voice;p> <p class="poetry">he listened to my cry for help.<n id="3" />p>

But now the <sc>Lordsc> my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

Now my father David had a strong desire<n id="1" /> to build a temple to honor the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.<n id="2" />

Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made<n id="1" /> to your servant, my father David, be realized.<n id="2" />p>

Solomon worshiped<n id="1" /> the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom.<n id="2" />

Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?<n id="1" />

He abandoned the <sc>Lordsc> God of his ancestors and did not follow the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s instructions.<n id="1" />

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors<n id="1" /> and worshiped instead<n id="2" /> the gods of the native peoples<n id="3" /> whom God had destroyed before them.

The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.

<p class="bodytext">He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.

For David said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.<n id="1" />

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.<n id="1" />

Now, O <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.<n id="1" />