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. ^(A)Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

^{6 [a] (B)}“You are the Lord, you alone. ^(C)You have made heaven, ^(D)the heaven of heavens, ^(E)with all their host, ^(F)the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; ^(G)and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. ⁷ You are the Lord, the God ^(H)who chose Abram and brought him out of ^(I)Ur of the Chaldeans ^(J)and gave him the name Abraham. ^8 (K)You found his heart faithful before you, ^(L)and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring ^(M)the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. ^(N)And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.