Give praise to God’s holy name! Let the hearts of all those seeking the Lord rejoice!

Pursue the Lord and his strength; seek his face always!

but David couldn’t go there to seek God because he feared the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

Now then, dedicate yourselves to seeking the Lord your God. Get to work and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the chest containing the Lord’s covenant together with God’s holy equipment may be brought into the temple built for the Lord’s name.”

As for you, Solomon, my son, acknowledge your father’s God and serve him with enthusiastic devotion, because the Lord searches every mind and understands the motive behind every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever.