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1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.
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6 So they brought the Aron HaElohim, and set it inside the Ohel that Dovid had pitched for it; and they offered olot (burnt sacrifices) and shelamim before HaElohim.
2 And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord.
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And when Dovid had made an end of offering the olot and the shelamim, he blessed HaAm b’Shem Hashem.
3 And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.
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And he apportioned to kol Ish Yisroel, both ish and isha, to every one a kikar lechem, and a good piece of meat, and a raisin cake.
4 And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:
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And he appointed certain of the Levi’im as mesharetim (ministers) before the Aron Hashem, and to remember, and to thank and to praise Hashem Elohei Yisroel;
5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;
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Asaph HaRosh, and mishneh to him Zecharyah, Ye’i’el, and Shemiramot, and Yechiel, and Mattityah, and Eliav, and Benayah, and Oved-Edom; and Ye’i’el with instruments of nevalim (lyres) and with kinnorot; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
6 And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.
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Benayah also and Yachziel the Kohanim with chatzotzerot (trumpets) tamid (continually) before the Aron Brit HaElohim.
7 Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.
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Then on that day Dovid first committed the giving of thanks unto Hashem into the yad Asaph and his achim.
8 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
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Give thanks unto Hashem, call upon Shmo, make known His deeds among the nations.
9 Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
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Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him, tell ye of all His nifle’ot (wondrous deeds).
10 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
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Glory ye in Shem Kadesho; let the lev of them rejoice that seek Hashem.
11 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
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Seek Hashem and His oz, seek His face tamid.
12 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
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Remember His nifle’ot that He hath done, His mofetim, and the mishpatim of His mouth;
13 O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
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O ye zera Yisroel His eved, ye Bnei Ya’akov, His chosen ones.
14 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
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He is Hashem Eloheinu; His mishpatim are in kol ha’aretz.
15 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
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Be ye mindful l’olam of His Brit; the davar which He commanded to an elef dor;
16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
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Even of the Brit which He cut with Avraham, and of His shevu’a (oath) unto Yitzchak;
17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
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And hath confirmed the same to Ya’akov for a chok (decree), and to Yisroel for a Brit Olam,
18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
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Saying, Unto thee will I give Eretz Kena’an, the chevel (portion), the lot of your nachalah
19 When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
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When ye were but few, even a few, and gerim in it.
20 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;
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And when they went from goy (nation) to goy, and from one mamlachah to an Am acher (another people),
21 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
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He permitted no ish to oppress them; he reproved melachim for their sakes,
22 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
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Saying, Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My nevi’im no harm.
23 Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.
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Sing unto Hashem, kol ha’aretz; show forth from day to day His Yeshuah (salvation).
24 Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
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Declare His kavod among the Goyim; His nifle’ot among kol haAmim.
25 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.
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For gadol is Hashem, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above kol elohim.
26 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
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For kol elohei haAmim are elilim, but Hashem made Shomayim.
27 Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.
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Hod and Hadar are in His presence; oz and chedvah (joy) are in His makom (place, home, dwelling).
28 Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.
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Ascribe unto Hashem, ye mishpechot Amim, ascribe unto Hashem Kavod and oz.
29 Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.
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Ascribe unto Hashem the kavod due unto Shmo; bring a minchah, and come before Him; worship Hashem in the hadar (splendor) of kodesh (holiness).
30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.
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Fear before Him, kol ha’aretz; the tevel (world) also shall be firmly established, that it be not moved.
31 Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.
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Let HaShomayim have simcha, and let ha’aretz rejoice; and let them say among the Goyim, Hashem reigneth.
32 Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;
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Let the yam roar, and the fulness thereof; let the sadeh rejoice, and all that is therein.
33 Then let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy before the Lord, for he is come to be the judge of the earth.
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Then shall the trees of the ya’ar (forest, woods) sing out before Hashem, because He cometh to judge ha’aretz.
34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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O give thanks unto Hashem, for He is tov; for His chesed endureth l’olam.
35 And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.
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And say ye, Hosheini, Elohei Yisheinu (G-d of our salvation), and gather us together, and deliver us from the Goyim, that we may give thanks to Shem Kadshecha, and glory in Thy tehillah (praise).
36 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.
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Baruch Hashem Elohei Yisroel min HaOlam v’ad HaOlam. And kol HaAm said, Omein, and praised Hashem.
37 So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:
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So he left there before the Aron Brit Hashem Asaph and his achim, to minister before the Aron tamid (continually), accordingly yom by its yom;
38 And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:
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And Oved-Edom with their achim, threescore and eight; Oved-Edom Ben Yeditun and Chosah as Shoarim (gatekeepers);
39 And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon;
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And Tzadok HaKohen, and his achim the Kohanim, before the Mishkan Hashem in the bamah (high place) that was at Giveon,
40 To give burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of burned offerings morning and evening, every day, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord which he gave to Israel;
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To offer olot (burnt offerings) unto Hashem upon the Mizbe’ach HaOlah tamid (continually) boker and erev, and to do according to all that is written in the Torat Hashem, which He commanded Yisroel;
41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever;
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And with them Heman and Yedutun, and the rest that were the Chosen ones, who were designated by shemot, to give thanksgiving to Hashem, ki l’olam chasdo.
42 And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.
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And with them Heman and Yedutun with Chatzotzerot (trumpets) and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with klei Shir HaElohim (musical instruments of G-d). And the Bnei Yedutun were at the Sha’ar (gate).
43 And all the people went away, every man to his house; and David went back to give a blessing to his family.
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And kol haAm departed every ish to his bais; and Dovid returned to bless his bais.
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