The men who were building the Lord’s temple finished the foundations. Then the priests put on their special clothes. They made a noise with their trumpets. The Levites (sons of Asaph) made a noise with their cymbals. They all stood to praise the Lord, in the way that Israel’s King David had told them many years before. They sang together to praise the Lord. Group by group, they sang these words: ‘He is good. His love for Israel will continue for ever.’ Then all the people shouted loudly to praise the Lord. They praised him because they had finished work on the temple’s foundation. Ezra 3:10-11
匠人立耶和華殿根基的時候,祭司皆穿禮服吹號,亞薩的子孫利未人敲鈸,照以色列王大衛所定的例,都站着讚美耶和華。 他們彼此唱和,讚美稱謝耶和華說: 他本為善, 他向以色列人永發慈愛。 他們讚美耶和華的時候,眾民大聲呼喊,因耶和華殿的根基已經立定。 以斯拉記 3:10-11