A    ^noteAnd wh&abar; they brought in the Arke of God, they set it in þe; Tabernacle, that Dauid had pitched for it, and offred burntofferynges ∧ thankofferynges before God. And wh&abar; Dauid had ended the burntofferynges and thankofferynges, he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE, ∧ distributed vnto euery man in Israel (both vnto man and woman) a cake of bred, and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage.

And he appoynted before the Arke of þe; LORDE certayne Leuites to mynister, that they shulde geue prayse, thankes and loauinges vnto the LORDE God of Israel: namely Assaph the first, Zacharias the seconde, Ieiel, Semiramoth, Iehiel, Mathithia, Eliab, Benaia, Obed Edom and Iehiel, with psalteries and harpes. But Assaph with loude Cymbales. Benaia and Iehasiel the prestes with tabrettes, allwaye before the Arke of þe; couenaunt of God.

B   At the same tyme ordeyned Dauid first of all to geue th&abar;kes vnto the LORDE by Assaph and his brethren.

^noteO geue thankes vnto the LORDE, call vpon his name, tell the people what thinges he hath done.

O let youre songes be of him: prayse him, and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes.

Geue his holy name a good reporte: let þe; hert of them reioyce, that seke the LORDE.

O seke the LORDE and his strength, seke his face euermore.

Rem&ebar;bre his maruelous workes that he hath done, his wonders, and the iudgm&ebar;tes of his mouth.

Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt, ye children of Iacob his chosen.

He is the LORDE oure God, his iudgm&ebar;tes are in all londes.

C   Be myndefull euer of his couena&ubar;t what he hath commaunded in to a thousande generacions.

^noteWhich he made with Abraham, ∧ ^note his ooth vnto Isaac.

And he ^note comfirmed the same vnto Iacob for a perpetuall lawe, and to Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt.

And sayde: Vnto the wyl I geue þe; londe of Canaan, þe; metelyne of yo&highr; inheritaunce.

Wh&abar; they were yet but small ∧ fewe in n&obar;bre, and straungers in the same londe.

And they wente from one nacion to another, ∧ from one realme to another people.

He suffred no man to hurte them, and reproued euen kynges for their sakes.

^noteTouch not myne anoynted, ∧ do my prophetes no harme.

^noteO synge vnto þe; LORDE, let all þe; earth be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye.

Declare his holynes am&obar;ge the Heyth&ebar;, ∧ his wonderous workes amonge þe; people.

For the LORDE is greate, and can not worthely be praysed, and more to he had in awe then all goddes.

As for all the goddes of the Heyth&ebar;, they are but Idols: ^note but it is the LORDE that made the heauens.

D   Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him, strength and ioye is in his place.

Ascrybe vnto the LORDE ye kynreds of nacions: ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength.

Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name: brynge presentes, and come before him, and worshipe þe; LORDE in þe; bewtye of holynes.

Let the whole earth st&obar;de in awe of him: he hath made the compase of the worlde so fast, that it can not be moued.

Let the heauens reioyse, and let the earth be glad: and let it be tolde amonge the Heythen, that the LORDE reigneth.

Let the See make a noyse, and the fulnesse therof: let the felde be ioyfull, and all that therin is.

Let all the trees in the wod leape for ioye before the LORDE, for he commeth to iudge the earth.

O geue thankes vnto the LORDE, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for euer.

And saye: Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure, and gather vs together, and delyuer vs from the Heythen, that we maye geue thankes vnto þi; holy name, and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes.

Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge to euerlastinge: and let all people saye, Amen, And: Prayse be vnto the LORDE.

E   So he lefte Assaph and his brethren there before the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE, to mynister allwaye before the Arke, euery daye his daye worke. But Obed Edom and their brethren, eight and thre score, and Obed Edom the sonne of Iedithun, and Hossa, to be dore kepers. And Sadoc þe; prest, ∧ his brethr&ebar; the prestes, lefte he before the habitacion of the LORDE vpon the hye place at Gibe&obar;, to offre burntsacrifices daylie vnto the LORDE vpon the altare of burntofferynges in the mornynge ∧ in the euenynge, as it is wrytten in the ^note lawe of the LORDE, which he c&obar;maunded vnto Israel. And with them Heman ∧ Iedithun, and þe; other chosen, which were named by name to geue thankes vnto the LORDE, because his mercy endureth for euer. And with them Heman ∧ Iedithun to stryke vpon the tabrettes and Cymbales, and the musicall instrumentes of God. As for the childr&ebar; of Iedithun, he made them dorekepers. So all the people departed, euery one to his house: and Dauid returned also to blesse his house.

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