<p class="bodytext">From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king&#8217;s supervision.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph,<n id="1" /> son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

<p class="bodytext">The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.p>

<p class="bodytext">The singers:p> <p class="bodytext">the descendants of Asaph, 148.p>

<p class="bodytext">The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">Certainly God is good to Israel,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and to those whose motives are pure!<n id="3" />p>

Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mika, son of Zikri, son of Asaph;

<t /><p class="bodytext">That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the <sc>Lordsc>:p>

<p class="bodytext">The first lot went to Asaph&#8217;s son Joseph and his relatives and sons &#8211; twelve in all,<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons &#8211; twelve in all,p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The divisions of the gatekeepers:p> <p class="bodytext">From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.p>

<p class="bodytext">from the descendants of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel;p> <p class="bodytext">from the descendants of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;p>

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors<n id="1" /> for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">El, God, the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> speaks,p> <p class="poetry">and summons the earth to come from the east and west.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A well-written song<n id="2" /> by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us?<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Why does your anger burn<n id="4" /> against the sheep of your pasture?p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song.p> <p class="poetry">God has revealed himself in Judah;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in Israel his reputation<n id="3" /> is great.p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A well-written song<n id="2" /> by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, my people, to my instruction!p> <p class="poetry">Listen to the words I speak!<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">For the music director; according to the <i>gittithi> style;<n id="2" /> by Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">Shout for joy to God, our source of strength!p> <p class="poetry">Shout out to the God of Jacob!p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A psalm of Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">God stands in<n id="2" /> the assembly of El;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">in the midst of the gods<n id="4" /> he renders judgment.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song, a psalm of Asaph.p> <p class="poetry">O God, do not be silent!p> <p class="poetry">Do not ignore us!<n id="2" /> Do not be inactive, O God!p>

Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals;