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1 Chronicles 29:1-30

With a Perfect Heart They Offered

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With a Perfect Heart They Offered

1 Chronicles 29:1-30

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1 Chronicles 29:1-30

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This song belongs to the 1 Chronicles collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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1 Chronicles
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1 Chronicles
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World Music
[Verse 1] David reminds the congregation that Solomon is young and the palace is for God. David adds his own private gold and silver because of affection for the house. Princes and leaders give gold, silver, brass, iron. David also rejoices greatly and blesses the LORD before the congregation. [Pre-Chorus] The long night ended, fear released its hold, And every household heard the story told. [Chorus] With a Perfect Heart They Offered, let the feast begin, Joy returned where grief and fear had been. The people sang because the word held true, And every generation learned what God could do. [Verse 2] Human life is compared with strangers, sojourners, and a passing shadow. All prepared abundance is acknowledged as God's own. David testifies that God tries the heart and delights in upright willingness. The congregation blesses God, bows, and worships. [Bridge] The people eat and drink before the LORD with great gladness. Solomon is made king a second time and Zadok is anointed priest. Solomon prospers on the throne as princes and mighty men submit. David dies in good old age after forty years. [Final Chorus] With a Perfect Heart They Offered, let the feast begin, Joy returned where grief and fear had been. The people sang because the word held true, And every generation learned what mercy still could do. [Outro] The feast became a memory to keep. Joy learned the name of those who once would weep.

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1 Chronicles 29: Everything given was already God's

The final chapter of 1 Chronicles gathers wealth, willingness, worship, succession, and mortality into one closing movement. David distinguishes the resources already prepared for the temple from an additional personal gift motivated by his affection for the house, and Israel’s leaders answer with willing offerings of their own. Yet the enormous totals do not make the donors benefactors standing above God. David’s prayer immediately declares that greatness, power, riches, honor, and the kingdom itself belong to the Lord, and that “of thine own have we given thee.” He then asks for something money cannot secure: enduring hearts for the people and wholehearted obedience for Solomon. The assembly worships, sacrifices, feasts, and publicly establishes the new king. Finally David dies. Riches and honor remain part of his epitaph, but so does finitude. The prepared work passes to the son.

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