1 Chronicles 29:10–20

David Blesses Yahweh

¹⁰So David blessed Yahweh in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from everlasting to everlasting.

¹¹“^aYours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the ¹power and the glory and the ²victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.

¹²“^aBoth riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and ^bin Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.

¹³“So now, our God, we are thanking You and praising Your glorious name.

¹⁴“But who am I and who are my people that we should ¹be able to offer as willingly as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.

¹⁵“For ^awe are sojourners before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; ^bour days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.

¹⁶“O Yahweh our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours.

¹⁷“And I know, O my God, that ^aYou try the heart and ^bdelight in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things. So now with gladness I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You.

¹⁸“O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the ¹intentions of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart to You;

¹⁹and ^agive to my son Solomon a whole heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and ^bto build the ¹temple, for which I have made preparation.”

²⁰Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” And ^aall the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and ^bbowed low and prostrated themselves to Yahweh and to the king.