Exalt the Lord, our God; bow down before his footstool; holy is he!
Let us enter his dwelling; let us worship at his footstool.”
Thus says the Lord: The heavens are my throne, the earth, my footstool. What house can you build for me? Where is the place of my rest?
For your mercy is greater than the heavens; your faithfulness, to the skies.
My soul will glory in the Lord; let the poor hear and be glad.
My strength and my refuge is the Lord, and he has become my savior. This is my God, I praise him; the God of my father, I extol him.
O Lord, you are my God, I extol you, I praise your name; For you have carried out your wonderful plans of old, faithful and true.
And you will say on that day: give thanks to the Lord, acclaim his name; Among the nations make known his deeds, proclaim how exalted is his name.
Let them praise your great and awesome name: Holy is he!
You are my God, I give you thanks; my God, I offer you praise.
Let them extol him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the council of the elders.
Exalt the Lord, our God; bow down before his holy mountain; holy is the Lord, our God.
For you will put them to flight; you will aim at their faces with your bow.
Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.
King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my kinsmen and my people. It was my purpose to build a house of repose myself for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the footstool for the feet of our God; and I was preparing to build it.
My people have their mind set on apostasy; though they call on God in unison, he shall not raise them up.