1 They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God.
2 After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
3 Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.
4 He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to make petition, to give thanks, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel:
5 Asaph was the chief, Zechariah second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals,
6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 That day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this psalm of thanks to the Lord:
8 make known among the nations what he has done.
9 tell of all his wonderful acts.
10 let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
11 seek his face always.
12 his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
13 O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
14 his judgments are in all the earth.
15 the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,
16 the oath he swore to Isaac.
17 to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
18 as the portion you will inherit.”
19 few indeed, and strangers in it,
20 from one kingdom to another.
21 for their sake he rebuked kings:
22 do my prophets no harm.”
23 proclaim his salvation day after day.
24 his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
25 he is to be feared above all gods.
26 but the Lord made the heavens.
27 strength and joy in his dwelling place.
28 ascribe to the Lord glory and strength,
29 Bring an offering and come before him; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.
30 The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
31 let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”
32 let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!
33 they will sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.
34 his love endures forever.
35 gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise.”
36 from everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said “Amen” and “Praise the Lord.”
37 David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister there regularly, according to each day’s requirements.
38 He also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were gatekeepers.
39 David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon
40 to present burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance with everything written in the Law of the Lord, which he had given Israel.
41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord, “for his love endures forever.”
42 Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
43 Then all the people left, each for his own home, and David returned home to bless his family.
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