O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord, (Selah)

Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers!

A psalm of David. I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O Lord, I will sing praises!

Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?

Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent.

Miriam sang in response to them, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, sing to it!

Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the Lord! I will sing to the Lord God of Israel!

These are the ones who served along with their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks.

Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Announce every day how he delivers!

The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed.

The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day.

The singers were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The choirs sang loudly under the direction of Jezrahiah.

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.