ALL CREATION PRAISES GOD K ¤x«¨a §i ©e Then David blessed the Almighty in the sight of all the congregation, and David said: ‘Blessed are You Almighty God, the God of our father Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Yours is the greatness, the power, the splendour, the glory and the majesty, for everything in heaven and earth is Yours. Yours alone is sovereignty and You are exalted supreme over all. Wealth and honour come from You, for You rule over all. In Your hand are strength and might. It is in Your power to give greatness and strength to all. And now, our God, we give You thanks and praise Your glorious name.’ 1 May the people bless Your glorious name, though it is beyond all blessing and praise. You alone are God; You made the sky, the reaches of space and its countless lights, the earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You give life to them all, and the universe worships You. 2 ci ¦e ¨C K ¤x«¨a§i©e Then David blessed ... This prayer is made up of two Biblical passages, from 1 Chron 29:10–13 and Neh 9:6–11. It introduces the last section of the ‘verses of song’. On weekdays it was customary to collect charity when reciting the sentence: ‘Wealth and honour come from You, for You rule over all.’ The Book of Chronicles repeats the story of the life of King David but omits the problematic issues described in the Book of Samuel. Here David is an ecstatic composer of praises to God, in anticipation of the temple to be built by his son Solomon. The addition from the Book of Nehemiah
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