⁴ Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁶ They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, ^(A)harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.

¹⁶ David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on ^(A)musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.