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1 Chronicles 16:2-15 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

2. And when David had completed offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

3. And he divided to every single one, from men even to women, a twist of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and fine wheat flour fried with oil.

4. And he appointed some from the Levites who would minister before the ark of the Lord, and commemorate his works, and glorify and praise the Lord, the God of Israel.

5. Asaph was the leader, and second to him was Zechariah. In addition, there were Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom. And Jeiel was over the instruments of the psaltery and the harps. But Asaph sounded out with the cymbals.

6. Truly, the priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, were to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

7. In that day, David made Asaph the leader, in order to confess to the Lord with his brothers:

8. "Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Make known his endeavors among the peoples.

9. Sing to him, and sing psalms to him, and describe all his miracles.

10. Praise his holy name! Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

11. Seek the Lord and his virtue. Seek his face always.

12. Remember his miracles, which he has accomplished, his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.

13. O offspring of Israel, his servants! O sons of Jacob, his elect!

14. He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout all the earth.

15. Remember forever his covenant, the word that he instructed unto a thousand generations,

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