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And they brought in the ark of God and ^aplaced it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 2 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 3 Then he distributed to everyone of Israel, both men and women, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a raisin cake.

4 He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then ¹Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, and lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals, 6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

7 Then on that day David ^afirst assigned ¹Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the LORD.

8 ^aGive thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;^bMake His deeds known among the peoples.9 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;¹Speak of all His ²wonders.10 Boast in His holy name;Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be joyful.11 ^aSeek the LORD and His strength;Seek His face continually.12 ^aRemember His wonderful deeds which He has done,^bHis marvels and the judgments from His mouth,13 You ¹descendants of Israel His servant,Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!14 He is the LORD our God;^aHis judgments are in all the earth.15 Remember His covenant forever,The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,16 ^aThe covenant which He made with Abraham,And His oath to Isaac.17 ^aHe also confirmed it to Jacob as a statute,To Israel as an everlasting covenant,18 Saying, “^aTo you I will give the land of Canaan,As the portion of your inheritance.”19 ^aWhen they were only a few in number,Very few, and strangers in it,20 And they wandered from nation to nation,And from one kingdom to another people,21 He allowed no one to oppress them,And ^aHe rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,22 “Do not touch My anointed ones,And ^ado not harm My prophets.”23 ^aSing to the LORD, all the earth;Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.24 Tell of His glory among the nations,His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.25 For ^agreat is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;He also is ^bto be feared above all gods.26 For all the gods of the peoples are ¹^aidols,^bBut the LORD made the heavens.27 Splendor and majesty are before Him,Strength and joy are in His place.28 Ascribe to the LORD, you families of the peoples,Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.29 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name;Bring an ¹offering, and come before Him;^aWorship the LORD in ²holy attire.30 Tremble before Him, all the earth;Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.31 ¹^aLet the heavens be joyful, and the earth rejoice;And let them say among the nations, “^bThe LORD reigns.”32 ^aLet the sea ¹roar, and ²everything it contains;Let the field rejoice, and everything that is in it.33 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy in the presence of the LORD;For He is coming to judge the earth.34 ^aGive thanks to the LORD, for He is good;For His faithfulness is everlasting.35 ^aThen say, “Save us, God of our salvation,And gather us and save us from the nations,To give thanks to Your holy name,And ¹glory in Your praise.”36 ^aBlessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,From everlasting to everlasting!Then all the people ^bsaid, “Amen,” and praised the LORD.

37 So he left Asaph and his relatives there ^abefore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister before the ark continually, ^bas every day’s work required, 38 and ^aObed-edom with ¹his sixty-eight relatives; Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and ^bHosah as gatekeepers. 39 He left ^aZadok the priest and his relatives the priests ^bbefore the ¹tabernacle of the LORD in the high place which was at Gibeon, 40 to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, ^aeven according to everything that is written in the Law of the LORD, which He commanded Israel. 41 With them were ^aHeman and Jeduthun, and ^bthe rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to ^cgive thanks to the LORD, because His ¹kindness is everlasting. 42 And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who were to play them, and with instruments for ^athe songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.

43 ^aThen all the people departed, each to his house; and David returned to bless his household.