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1 And they bring in the ark of God, and set it up in the  midst of the tent that David hath stretched out for it, and  they bring near burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God;
2 and David ceaseth from offering the burnt-offering and the  peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of  Jehovah,
3 and giveth a portion to every man of Israel, both man and  woman: to each a cake of bread, and a measure of wine, and a  grape-cake.
4 And he putteth before the ark of Jehovah, of the Levites,  ministers, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give  praise to Jehovah, God of Israel,
5 Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and  Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and  Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of  psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding;
6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests [are] with trumpets  continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 On that day then hath David given at the beginning to give  thanks to Jehovah by the hand of Asaph and his brethren: --
8 Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among  the peoples His doings.
9 Sing ye to Him, sing psalms to Him, Meditate on all His  wonders.
10 Boast yourselves in His holy name, Rejoice doth the heart  of those seeking Jehovah.
11 Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face  continually.
12 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs, and the  judgments of His mouth,
13 O seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen  ones!
14 He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His  judgments.
15 Remember ye to the age His covenant, The word He commanded  -- To a thousand generations,
16 Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath -- to Isaac,
17 And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel  -- a covenant age-during.
18 Saying: To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of  your inheritance,
19 When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and  sojourners in it.
20 And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from  a kingdom unto another people.
21 He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on  their account kings:
22 Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My  prophets do not evil.
23 Sing to Jehovah, all the earth, Proclaim from day unto day  His salvation.
24 Rehearse among nations His glory, Among all the peoples  His wonders.
25 For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful  He [is] above all gods.
26 For all gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah the  heavens hath made.
27 Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and joy  [are] in His place.
28 Ascribe to Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Ascribe to  Jehovah honour and strength.
29 Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a  present, and come before Him. Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the  beauty of holiness.
30 Be pained before Him, all the earth:
31 Also, established is the world, It is not moved! The  heavens rejoice, and the earth is glad, And they say among  nations: Jehovah hath reigned.
32 Roar doth the sea, and its fulness, Exult doth the field,  and all that [is] in it,
33 Then sing do trees of the forest, From the presence of  Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth!
34 Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, [is] His  kindness,
35 And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us,  and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy  name, To triumph in Thy praise.
36 Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age and unto  the age;' And all the people say, `Amen,' and have given praise  to Jehovah.
37 And he leaveth there before the ark of the covenant of  Jehovah, for Asaph and for his brethren, to minister before the  ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day,
38 both Obed-Edom and their brethren, sixty and eight, and  Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah for gatekeepers,
39 and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before  the tabernacle of Jehovah, in a high place that [is] in Gibeon,
40 to cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah, on the  altar of burnt-offering continually, morning and evening, and  for all that is written in the law of Jehovah, that He charged  on Israel.
41 And with them [are] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of  those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to  Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness,
42 and with them -- Heman and Jeduthun -- [are] trumpets and  cymbals for those sounding, and instruments of the song of God,  and the sons of Jeduthun [are] at the gate.
43 And all the people go, each to his house, and David  turneth round to bless his house.