1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.
2 And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord.
3 And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.
4 And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:
5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;
6 And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.
7 Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.
8 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
9 Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
10 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
11 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
12 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
13 O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
14 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
15 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
19 When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
20 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;
21 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
22 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
23 Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.
24 Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
25 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.
26 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
27 Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.
28 Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.
29 Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.
30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.
31 Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.
32 Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;
33 Then let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy before the Lord, for he is come to be the judge of the earth.
34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
35 And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.
36 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.
37 So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:
38 And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:
39 And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon;
40 To give burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of burned offerings morning and evening, every day, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord which he gave to Israel;
41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever;
42 And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.
43 And all the people went away, every man to his house; and David went back to give a blessing to his family.
1 他们把 神的约柜抬了进去， 安放在大卫为它所搭的会幕中间， 然后在 神面前献上了燔祭和平安祭。
2 大卫献上了燔祭和平安祭以后， 就奉耶和华的名给人民祝福。
3 他又分给以色列众人， 无论男女， 每人一个饼、一块肉、一个葡萄饼。
4 大卫派了一部分利未人， 在耶和华的约柜前事奉、颂扬、称谢和赞美耶和华以色列的 神。
5 领导的人是亚萨， 其次是撒迦利雅、耶利、示米拉末、耶歇、玛他提雅、以利押、比拿雅、俄别．以东和耶利， 他们鼓瑟弹琴， 敲打响钹。
6 比拿雅和雅哈悉两位祭司在 神的约柜前不住地吹号。
7 那一天， 大卫初次指定亚萨和他的亲族， 以诗歌称谢耶和华， 说：
8 "你们要称谢耶和华， 呼求他的名， 在万民中宣扬他的作为。
9 要向他歌唱， 向他颂扬， 述说他一切奇妙的作为。
10 要以他的圣名为荣， 愿寻求耶和华的人， 心中喜乐。
11 要寻求耶和华和他的能力， 常常寻求他的面。
12 他的仆人以色列的后裔啊， 他所拣选的雅各的子孙啊， 你们要记念他奇妙的作为、他的奇事和他口中的判语。
14 他是耶和华我们的 神， 他的判语达到全地。
15 你们要记念他的约， 直到永远； 不可忘记他吩咐的话， 直到千代。
16 就是他与亚伯拉罕所立的约， 他向以撒所起的誓。
17 他把这约向雅各定为律例， 向以色列定为永约，
18 说： ‘我必把迦南地赐给你， 作你们的产业的分。
19 那时你们人丁单薄， 数目很少， 又是在那地作寄居的。’
20 他们从这国走到那国， 从一族走到另一族。
21 耶和华不容许任何人欺压他们， 曾为了他们的缘故责备君王，
22 说： ‘不可伤害我所膏的人， 不可恶待我的先知。’
23 全地都要向耶和华歌唱， 天天传扬他的救恩。
24 在列国中述说他的荣耀， 在万民中述说他奇妙的作为。
25 因为耶和华是伟大的， 当受极大的赞美； 他当受敬畏， 远在万神之上。
26 万民的偶像算不得什么， 唯独耶和华创造诸天。
27 尊荣和威严在他面前， 能力和欢乐在他的圣所。
28 万族万民啊， 你们要归给耶和华， 要把荣耀和能力归给耶和华。
29 要把耶和华的名应得的荣耀归给他， 拿着礼物到他面前来， 要以圣洁的装饰敬拜耶和华。
30 全地要在他面前战栗； 他使世界坚定， 不致摇动。
31 愿天欢喜， 愿地欢呼， 愿人在万国中说： ‘耶和华作王了！ ’
32 愿海和充满海中的都澎湃， 愿田和田中的一切都欢欣。
33 那时树木中的树木， 必在耶和华面前欢呼， 因为他来要审判全地。
34 你们要称谢耶和华， 因他是良善的， 他的慈爱永远常存。
35 你们要说： ‘拯救我们的 神啊， 求你拯救我们， 招聚我们， 从万国中救我们出来， 好使我们称谢你的圣名， 以赞美你为夸耀。’
36 耶和华以色列的 神是应当称颂的， 从永远直到永远。"全体人民都说阿们， 并且赞美耶和华。
37 于是在那里， 就是耶和华的约柜前， 大卫留下亚萨和他的亲族， 照着每日的本分， 在约柜前不断地事奉。
38 又留下俄别．以东和他们的亲族六十八人， 以及耶杜顿的儿子俄别．以东和何萨作守门的。
39 又留下撒督祭司和他的亲族， 都是作祭司的。在基遍的高地耶和华的帐幕前，
40 每日早晚不住地在燔祭坛上， 把燔祭献给耶和华， 全是照着耶和华吩咐以色列人的律法书上所写的。
41 和他们一起的有希幔、耶杜顿和其余被选出， 有记名的人， 都称谢耶和华， 因为他的慈爱永远常存。
42 希幔、耶杜顿和他们一起吹号敲钹， 以及演奏各种乐器， 大声歌颂 神。耶杜顿的子孙负责守门。
43 于是众民都回去， 各人回自己的家； 大卫也回去给自己的家人祝福。