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And they brought the Ark of God and set it in the midst of the
atent that David had pitched for it. And they offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
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And when David finished offering up the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.
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And he apportioned to everyone of Israel, to both men and women, to each one, a cake of bread and a
1portion of meat and a cake of raisins.
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And he
aappointed some of the Levites as ministers before the Ark of Jehovah and to commemorate and thank and praise Jehovah the God of Israel:
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Asaph the chief; and second to him Zechariah; Jeiel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with harps and with lyres; and Asaph sounding aloud with cymbals;
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And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the Ark of the Covenant of God.
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On that day, at that time, David first ordained the giving of thanks to Jehovah by the hand of
aAsaph and his brothers.
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aGive thanks to Jehovah;
bcall upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.
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Sing to Him; sing psalms to Him;
Muse upon all His wondrous deeds.
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Glory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek Jehovah rejoice.
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Seek Jehovah and His strength;
aSeek His face continually.
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Remember His wondrous deeds, which He has done,
His signs and the judgments of His mouth,
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O seed of Israel His servant,
O children of Jacob, His chosen ones.
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He is Jehovah our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
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Remember His covenant forever,
The word that He commanded to a thousand generations,
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The acovenant that He made with Abraham,
And His
boath unto Isaac.
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And He confirmed it unto
aJacob as a statute,
Unto Israel
as an eternal covenant,
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Saying, To you I will
agive the land of Canaan,
The portion of your inheritance;
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When you were men
afew in number,
Indeed very few and
bstrangers in
1the land;
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And they
awent about from nation to nation,
And from
one kingdom to another people.
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He allowed no man to oppress them;
Indeed He
arebuked kings for their sake.
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Saying, Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My
aprophets no harm.
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aSing to Jehovah all the earth;
Proclaim His salvation from day to day.
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Declare His glory among the nations,
His wondrous deeds among all the peoples.
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For Jehovah is great and much to be praised,
And He is to be feared above all gods.
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For all the gods of the peoples are
aidols,
But Jehovah made the heavens.
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Majesty and splendor are before Him;
Strength and gladness are in His place.
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Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples,
Ascribe to Jehovah, glory and strength;
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Ascribe to Jehovah the glory of His name;
Bring an offering, and come before Him.
Worship Jehovah in holy splendor;
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Tremble before Him, all the earth.
Indeed the world has been established; it will not be moved;
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Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad;
And let them say among the nations, Jehovah
areigns!
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Let the sea and its fullness roar;
Let the field and all that is in it exult;
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Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy
Before Jehovah, for He is
acoming To judge the earth.
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Give thanks to Jehovah, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is forever;
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And say,
aSave us, O God of our salvation;
And gather us and deliver us out of the nations,
That we may give thanks to Your holy name,
That we may glory in Your praise.
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Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel,
From eternity to eternity.
And all the people said,
aAmen, and praised Jehovah.
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So there before the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah he
aleft Asaph and his brothers to minister before the Ark continually, as every day’s work dictated;
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As well as Obed-edom and his sixty-eight
1relatives, with Obed-edom the son of Jeduthun and Hosah as gatekeepers;
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And Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the
1tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place which was at Gibeon,
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To offer up burnt offerings to Jehovah upon the burnt offering altar continually
aevery morning and every evening, according to all that was written in the law of Jehovah, which He commanded Israel.
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And with them were
aHeman and
bJeduthun and the rest of those who had been chosen, who had been mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, for His lovingkindness
endures forever.
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And with them were Heman and Jeduthun
with trumpets and cymbals for those who were to sound aloud and
with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the gate.
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aAnd all the people, each one, departed to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
