30 I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

² O Lord my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me.

³ O Lord, Thou hast brought up my soul from the grave; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

⁴ Sing unto the Lord, O ye His saints, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.

⁵ For His anger endureth but a moment, and in His favor is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

⁶ And in my prosperity I said, “I shall never be moved.”

⁷ Lord, by Thy favor Thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; when Thou didst hide Thy face, I was troubled.

⁸ I cried to Thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication:

⁹ “What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise Thee? Shall it declare Thy truth?

¹⁰ Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me; Lord, be Thou my helper!”

¹¹ Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

¹² to the end that my glory may sing praise to Thee and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever.

22 Then David said, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.”

² And David commanded to gather together the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

³ And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the joinings, and brass in abundance beyond measure,

⁴ also cedar trees in abundance; for the Sidonians and those of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

⁵ And David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore now make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death.

⁶ Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the Lord God of Israel.

⁷ And David said to Solomon, “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God.

⁸ But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars. Thou shalt not build a house unto My name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in My sight.

⁹ Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest. And I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon [that is, Peaceable], and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

¹⁰ He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.’

¹¹ Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as He hath said of thee.

¹² Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

¹³ Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

¹⁴ Now behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron beyond measure, for it is in abundance. Timber also and stone have I prepared, and thou mayest add thereto.

¹⁵ Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance: hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skillful men for every manner of work.

¹⁶ Of the gold, the silver and the brass and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.”

¹⁷ David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

¹⁸ “Is not the Lord your God with you? And hath He not given you rest on every side? For He hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and before His people.]

¹⁹ Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. Arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.”