And 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 their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
- BSB Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- NKJV Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” So all the assembly blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king.
- NASB Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed down and paid homage to the Lord and the king.
- NLT Then David said to the whole assembly, “Give praise to the Lord your God!” And the entire assembly praised the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and knelt before the Lord and the king.
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Quick answer
David calls the assembly to bless the LORD, and the people worship, bowing low before God and the king.
Overview
The whole congregation responds to David's prayer with corporate worship, blessing 'the God of their fathers.' Their reverent bowing before both God and the king honors God supremely while recognizing his anointed ruler. This united worship pictures the response God's word always seeks, and it points ahead to the day when every knee will bow before the LORD and his Christ (Philippians 2:10-11).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 95:6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
- Exod 4:31And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
- Ps 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
- Ps 148:13–14Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
- 1 Chr 16:36Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
- Ps 145:1–21I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Gen 24:26And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
- Prov 24:21My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
- Ps 135:19–21Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
- Gen 24:48And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- 1 Pet 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1 Sam 12:18So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
- 2 Chr 20:21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 29:1–2Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
- Exod 14:31And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
- Josh 22:33And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
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