Then David ordered the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers [as] singers with instruments of song, musical instruments, stringed instruments, and cymbals, {raising their voices for joy}.

And he assembled all the commanders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.

And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their appointments for their service.

Minister

So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark regularly {as each day required},

For by the last words of David, they [are] the number of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and above.

Yahweh said to Aaron, "You, your sons, and your family with you will bear the guilt of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you will bear the guilt of your priesthood.

To record

Give thanks to Yahweh; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the nations!

Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.

O God, [make haste] to deliver me. O Yahweh, make haste to help me.

I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who profess Yahweh have no rest.

The lord god

And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.

And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

And there he erected an altar and called it "El Elohe Israel."

Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, [who] alone does wonderful things.

Blessed [is] Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen!" Praise Yah.