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Then all the people rejoiced because the officers had given to the Eternal so willingly and wholeheartedly. King David also rejoiced greatly, and 10 he blessed the Eternal in a prayer before the assembly.

David: You are blessed, O Eternal One,
        God of Israel, our father, forever and ever.
11     All that is great and powerful and glorious and victorious and majestic
        is Yours, O Eternal One.
    Indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth belongs to You.
        The kingdom belongs to You, O Eternal One, and You are the head of it all.

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The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly(A) to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

David’s Prayer

10 David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,

“Praise be to you, Lord,
    the God of our father Israel,
    from everlasting to everlasting.
11 Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power(B)
    and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
    for everything in heaven and earth is yours.(C)
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
    you are exalted as head over all.(D)

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