4. There was a platform for the Levites, and on it stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. They prayed aloud to the Lord their God.
5. The following Levites gave a call to worship: Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said:“Stand up and praise the Lord your God;praise him for ever and ever!Let everyone praise his glorious name,although no human praise is great enough.”
6. And then the people of Israel prayed this prayer:“You, Lord, you alone are Lord;you made the heavens and the stars of the sky.You made land and sea and everything in them;you gave life to all.The heavenly powers bow down and worship you.
7. You, Lord God, chose Abramand led him out of Ur in Babylonia;you changed his name to Abraham.
8. You found that he was faithful to you,and you made a covenant with him.You promised to give him the land of the Canaanites,the land of the Hittites and the Amorites,the land of the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites,to be a land where his descendants would live.You kept your promise, because you are faithful.
9. “You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt;you heard their call for help at the Red Sea.