Then David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers and bowed down and worshipped before the LORD and the king.

And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah ; for there they blessed the LORD; therefore, they called the name of that place, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless the name of his holiness.

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods I will sing praises unto thee.

In my life I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises unto my God while I live.

Blessed be thou

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and with his hand has fulfilled it, saying,

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hand fulfilled that which he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, the only one who does wondrous things

Blessed be the LORD for ever. Amen and Amen.

And the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of great thunder of the blessed glory of the LORD leaving his place,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ;

Therefore unto the King forever, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Christ, who according to his great mercy has begotten us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, from the dead,

saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to take power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.

Lord god

And he said, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast fought with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And there he erected an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel (the Strong God of Israel).

Our father

Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel not acknowledge us; thou, O LORD, art our father; our everlasting Redeemer is thy name.

Ye, therefore, are to pray like this: Our Father who art in the heavens, Hallowed be thy name.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints; ye have grace and peace of God our Father and of the Lord Jesus, the Christ.

For ye have not received the spirit of slavery to be in fear again, but ye have received the Spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us eternal consolation and good hope through grace,

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sing forth the glory of his name; put glory into thy praise.

Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

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