6. Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7. Then on that day David first entrusted to Asaph and his brethren the singing of thanks to the Lord [as their chief task]:
8. O give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known His doings among the peoples!
9. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His wondrous works and devoutly praise them!
10. Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
11. Seek the Lord and His strength; yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually!
12. [Earnestly] remember the marvelous deeds which He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He uttered [as in Egypt],
13. O you offspring of [Abraham and] of Israel His servants, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
14. He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
15. Be mindful of His covenant forever, the promise which He commanded and established to a thousand generations,
16. The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His sworn promise to Isaac.
17. He confirmed it as a statute to Jacob, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, [Gen. 35:11, 12.]
18. Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the measured portion of your possession and inheritance.
19. When they were but few, even a very few, and only temporary residents and strangers in it,