1 Kings 8:54-61
Solomon Blesses Yahweh
54aNow it happened that when Solomon had 1finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, bhe arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his 2hands spread toward heaven. 55And he stood and ablessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:
56“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to His people Israel, aaccording to all that He 1promised; bnot one promise has 2failed of all His good 3promises, which He 4promised by the hand of Moses His 5servant. 57“May Yahweh our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; amay He not forsake us or abandon us, 58that aHe may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers. 59“And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that He may do justice for His slave and justice for His people Israel, 1as each day requires, 60so athat all the peoples of the earth may know that bYahweh is God; there is no one else. 61“aLet your heart therefore be 1wholly devoted to Yahweh our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”