1David addressed the LORD and all of Israel shortly before his death. David said:
2“Our blessed God, who is great, the only one, guileless, just,
3avenger and benefactor of the miserable, beloved, our Father, El Shaddai.
4Holy One, have mercy upon the vine, Your good inheritance.
5Answer us this very day as we call upon You.
6My Lord, hear my prayer and supplication, for You hear prayers of all people;
7listen and accept the cry of Your people,
8for they are Your flock and Your inheritance.
9Send Your light and truth to help them.
10Give them one heart to worship You, one shoulder [to serve], as one body, so they will be one in Your hand.
11And do not lose any of them, for Your name is to be one, as our fathers and mothers are one.
12For that, hear O Israel, the LORD is our God, the LORD is one.
13Do not turn unto the idols, for they are false and will completely pass away.
14Cling only unto your God, for only He can be your avenger and fortress.
15Only He can defeat your spiritual enemies and physical enemies and put them under your feet;
16only He can bring you into the New Jerusalem of the future,
17where you will see Him face to face, and be in the presence of the living God that is seen face to face. And you are one people; if you grow in belief, you will be filled with gates of intelligence.
18Blessed is the eye that has seen all these things.
19But if you grow in unbelief, you will reach gates of impurity.
20So then cleanse and purify yourself before the LORD, your king, and it will be well with you all the days of your life.”
21And David died in the afternoon on the Sabbath day, in the fortieth year of his reign over Judah and Israel.
22He was seventy years old when he died, and he was buried with great honor in the city of David.
23And the rest of the deeds of King David, during his mighty reign and the events that befell him, Israel, and all the kingdoms of the countries, behold, they are written in the Book of Samuel the Seer and in the Book of Nathan the Prophet.