¶The .xvj. Chapter.
1 The arke being placed, they offer sacrifices. 4 Dauid ordaineth Asaph and his brethren to minister before the Lorde. 8 He appoynteth a notable psalme to be song in prayse of the Lorde.
[unspec A] 1 SO they brought in the arke of God, and set it in the middest of the tent that Dauid pit∣ched for it: And they of∣fered burnt sacrifices and peace offringes be∣fore God.
2 And when Dauid had made an end of offring the burnt offringes and peace offringes, he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde.
3 And he dealt to all Israel both man and woman, a cracknel of bread, and a good peece of fleshe, and a flacket of wine.
4 And he appoynted certaine of the Le∣uites to minister before the arke of the Lord, and to repeate, and to thanke and prayse the Lorde God of Israel.
5 And Asaph was the chiefe, and nexte to him Zacharia, Ieiel, Semiramoth, Iehiel, Mathathia, Eliab, Benaia, * 1.1 O∣bed Edom, & Ieiel with instruments, psalteries, & harpes: But Asaph made a sounde with cymbales.
6 Banaia and Iahaziel priestes blewe with trumpettes continually before the arke of the couenaunt of God.
[unspec B] 7 And that same tyme Dauid did ap∣poynt chiefely to thanke the Lorde by Asaph and his brethren.
8 * 1.2Confesse you [it] vnto God, call vpon his name: cause the people to vnder∣stande his deuises.
9 Sing vnto him, sing psalmes vnto him: talke you of all his wonderous workes.
10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them reioyce that do seeke God.
11 Seeke God and his strength: seeke his face euermore.
12 Remember the marueylous workes that he hath done: his wonders, and the iudgementes of his mouth,
13 O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt, [unspec C] ye his chosen children of Iacob: he is God our Lorde, his iudgementes are in all the earth.
14 He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt (for he promysed a word to a thousande generations:) euen of his co∣uenaunt that he made with Abraham, and of his othe vnto “ 1.3 Isaac.
15 And he appoynted the same vnto “ 1.4 Ia∣cob for a law: and to Israel for an euer∣lasting couenaunt.
16 Saying, vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of* 1.5 Chanaan: the“ 1.6 lot of your in∣heritaunce.
17 When they were a fewe men in num∣ber, and had ben straungers but a litle while in it: and when they went from one nation to another, from one king∣dome to another people,
18 He suffred no man to “ 1.7 do them wrong: yea he reproued euen kinges for their sakes.
19 Touche not myne annoynted: and tri∣umph [unspec D] not ouer my prophetes.
20 * 1.8Sing vnto the Lorde all the earth: and shewe from day to day his salua∣tion.
21 Tell of his glory among the heathen: his wonderfull deedes among all nati∣tions.