David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.

David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities.

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David left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord's covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day's requirements,

According to David's final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

The Lord said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers!

For the music director; by David; written to get God's attention. O God, please be willing to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!

I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don't be silent!

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I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."

There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God."

The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things!

The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, "We agree! Praise the Lord!"