"Now,O LORDGod,Your promiseto my fatherDavidis fulfilled,for You have mademe kingovera peopleas numerousas the dustof the earth.
"I will makeyour descendantsas the dustof the earth,sothat ifanyonecannumberthe dustof the earth,then your descendantscan alsobe numbered.
indeedI will greatlyblessyou, and I will greatlymultiplyyour seedas the starsof the heavensand as the sandwhichis on the seashore;and your seedshall possessthe gateof their enemies.
"Your descendantswill also be like the dustof the earth,and you will spreadout to the westand to the eastand to the northand to the south;and in you and in your descendantsshall allthe familiesof the earthbe blessed.
"Of allmy sons(for the LORDhas givenme manysons),He has chosenmy sonSolomonto siton the throneof the kingdomof the LORDoverIsrael.
"Whocan countthe dustof Jacob,Or numberthe fourthpartof Israel?Let me diethe deathof the upright,And let my endbe likehis!"
"Immediatelythe one who had receivedthe fivetalentswentand tradedwith them, and gainedfivemoretalents.
