¹⁴ Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel while they were standing.

⁵⁵ Then he stood and in a loud voice blessed the entire assembly of Israel, ⁵⁶ “Thanks be to Yahweh! He has given his people Israel rest, as he had promised. None of the good promises he made through his servant Moses has failed to come true. ⁵⁷ May Yahweh our Elohim be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us. ⁵⁸ May he bend our hearts toward him. Then we will follow him and keep his commands, laws, and rules, which he commanded our ancestors to keep.