Then David said to all the assembly, "Bless the LORD your God." And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!

I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

I will praise the LORDas long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

Blessed be thou

And he said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.

Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: "Blessed be the glory of the LORD from its place!"

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!"

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Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Our father

For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.

Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Give us each day our daily bread,

To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

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sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forevermore!

And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.