Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations; (16:15)

[Even of the covenant] which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; (16:16)

And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant, (16:17)

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; (16:18)

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it (16:19)

And [when] they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people; (16:20)

He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, (16:21)

[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm (16:22)

Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; show forth from day to day his salvation (16:23)

Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations (16:24)

For great [is] the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also [is] to be feared above all gods (16:25)

For all the gods of the people [are] idols: but the Lord made the heavens (16:26)

Glory and honour [are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place (16:27)

Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength (16:28)

Give unto the Lord the glory [due] unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (16:29)

Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved (16:30)

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let [men] say among the nations, The Lord reigneth (16:31)

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that [is] therein (16:32)

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth (16:33)

O give thanks unto the Lord; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever (16:34)

And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, [and] glory in thy praise (16:35)

Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord (16:36)

So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: (16:37)

And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters: (16:38)

And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that [was] at Gibeon, (16:39)

To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and [to do] according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel; (16:40)

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy [endureth] for ever; (16:41)

And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun [were] porters (16:42)

And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house (16:43)

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