4 On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. They cried out with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
5 Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said:Stand up and bless the Lord your God.From everlasting to everlasting bless your glorious name,which is high above all blessing and praise.
6 You alone are the Lord.You alone made heaven, even the heaven of heavens, with all their forces.You made the earth and all that is on it, and the seas and all that is in them.You preserve them all, and the heavenly forces worship you.
7 Lord God, you are the one who chose Abram.You brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
8 You found him to be faithful before you,and you made a covenant with him.You promised to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites,the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites.And you have kept your promise because you are righteous.
9 You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egyptand heard their cry at the Reed Sea.
10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,all his servants, and the people of his land.You knew that they had acted arrogantly against our ancestors.You made a name for yourself, a name that is famous even today.