^11 (A)And they sang, praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, saying, “^(B)For He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever upon Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised Yahweh because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid. ¹² Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, ^(C)the old men who had seen the first house of Yahweh, were weeping with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many in loud shouts with gladness were raising their voice, ¹³ so that the people could not distinguish the ^[a]voices of the shouting of gladness from the ^[b]voices of the weeping of the people, for the people were shouting with a loud shout, and those ^[c]voices were heard far away.