And each morning and evening they stood before the Lord to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.

每日早晚，站立称谢赞美耶和华，

每日早晚、安息日、初一，以及节期，按数照例，经常献燔祭给耶和华的时候，他们站立称谢赞美耶和华。

每日早晚、安息日、初一，以及节期，按数照例，经常献燔祭给耶和华的时候，他们站立称谢赞美耶和华。

他们每天早晚要肃立、颂赞耶和华，

每天早晨要侍立称谢和赞美耶和华，每天晚上也要这样；

每日早晚，站立稱謝讚美耶和華，

每日早晚、安息日、初一，以及節期，按數照例，經常獻燔祭給耶和華的時候，他們站立稱謝讚美耶和華。

每日早晚、安息日、初一，以及節期，按數照例，經常獻燔祭給耶和華的時候，他們站立稱謝讚美耶和華。

他們每天早晚要肅立、頌讚耶和華，

每天早晨要侍立稱謝和讚美耶和華，每天晚上也要這樣；

他們每天早晨要站着、稱謝讚美永恆主；晚上也要這樣；

朝夕立而稱謝頌讚耶和華、

朝夕侍耶和華前、尊榮頌讚其名、

每晨、立而讚美頌揚主、每夕亦然、

They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening

They stood every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They did the same thing every evening.

And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening,

They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.

They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening,

to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;

and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even;

They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise in the evening.

And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;

They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the LORD. They also did this in the evening

and to stand every morning to thank and praise Yahweh, and likewise in the evening;

It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening,accompanied by a ten stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre.

When the builders completed the foundation of the Lord’s Temple, the priests put on their robes and took their places to blow their trumpets. And the Levites, descendants of Asaph, clashed their cymbals to praise the Lord, just as King David had prescribed.With praise and thanks, they sang this song to the Lord:“ He is so good! His faithful love for Israel endures forever!” Then all the people gave a great shout, praising the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s Temple had been laid.

The musicians, all prominent Levites, lived at the Temple. They were exempt from other responsibilities since they were on duty at all hours.

Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you who serve at night in the house of the Lord.Lift your hands toward the sanctuary, and praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord! Praise him, you who serve the Lord,you who serve in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; celebrate his lovely name with music.

one in the morning and the other in the evening.With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine as a liquid offering.Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.“ These burnt offerings are to be made each day from generation to generation. Offer them in the Lord’s presence at the Tabernacle entrance; there I will meet with you and speak with you.

David assigned the following men to lead the music at the house of the Lord after the Ark was placed there.They ministered with music at the Tabernacle until Solomon built the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They carried out their work, following all the regulations handed down to them.These are the men who served, along with their sons: Heman the musician was from the clan of Kohath. His genealogy was traced back through Joel, Samuel,

David and the army commanders then appointed men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to proclaim God’s messages to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is a list of their names and their work:From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God’s messages by the king’s orders.From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God’s messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the Lord.From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.All these men were under the direction of their fathers as they made music at the house of the Lord. Their responsibilities included the playing of cymbals, harps, and lyres at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman reported directly to the king.They and their families were all trained in making music before the Lord, and each of them— 288 in all— was an accomplished musician.

O Israel, praise the Lord! O priests— descendants of Aaron— praise the Lord!O Levites, praise the Lord! All you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord!

David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to serve regularly before the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, doing whatever needed to be done each day.This group included Obed edom( son of Jeduthun), Hosah, and sixty eight other Levites as gatekeepers.Meanwhile, David stationed Zadok the priest and his fellow priests at the Tabernacle of the Lord at the place of worship in Gibeon, where they continued to minister before the Lord.They sacrificed the regular burnt offerings to the Lord each morning and evening on the altar set aside for that purpose, obeying everything written in the Law of the Lord, as he had commanded Israel.David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the Lord, for“ his faithful love endures forever.”They used their trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments to accompany their songs of praise to God. And the sons of Jeduthun were appointed as gatekeepers.

King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the Lord had given to King David through Gad, the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan.The Levites then took their positions around the Temple with the instruments of David, and the priests took their positions with the trumpets.Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be placed on the altar. As the burnt offering was presented, songs of praise to the Lord were begun, accompanied by the trumpets and other instruments of David, the former king of Israel.The entire assembly worshiped the Lord as the singers sang and the trumpets blew, until all the burnt offerings were finished.

We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.For our captors demanded a song from us. Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:“ Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”But how can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a pagan land?

This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty four elders. No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.And they sang a new song with these words:“ You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were slaughtered, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.”Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders.And they sang in a mighty chorus:“ Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing.”And then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They sang:“ Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever.”And the four living beings said,“ Amen!” And the twenty four elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb.

Hezekiah then organized the priests and Levites into divisions to offer the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to worship and give thanks and praise to the Lord at the gates of the Temple.