And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
Ver. 6. To praise the Lord,] sc., With Psa 136:1-26 See 2 Chronicles 5:13. The rest of the Israelites stood by the priests and Levites, praising God in their hearts.