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So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
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And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
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And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
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And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
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Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
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Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
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Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
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Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
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Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
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Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
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Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
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Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
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O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
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He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
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Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
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Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
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And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
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When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
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And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
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He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
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Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
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Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
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Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
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For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
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For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
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Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
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Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
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Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
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Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
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Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
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Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
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Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
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O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
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Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
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So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
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And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
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And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
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To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
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And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
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And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
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And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
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Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
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Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
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And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
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For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
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Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
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And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
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Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
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And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
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And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
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He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
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But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
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What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
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O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
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O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
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Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
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Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
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For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
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And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
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Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
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And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
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Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
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And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
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Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
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Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
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He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
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In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
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For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
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Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
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We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
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Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
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For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
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And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
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And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
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And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
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Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
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They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
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Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
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No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
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And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
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Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
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Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
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There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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We love him, because he first loved us.
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If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
