1 Chronicles 16

1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.

So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it: and they offered holocausts, and peace offerings before God.

2 And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord.

And when David had made an end of offering holocausts, and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

3 And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.

And he divided to all and every one, both men and women, a loaf of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and flour fried with oil.

4 And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:

And he appointed Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to remember his works, and to glorify, and praise the Lord God of Israel.

5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;

Asaph the chief, and next after him Zacharias: moreover Jahiel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mathathias, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Obededom: and Jehiel over the instruments of psaltery, and harps: and Asaph sounded with cymbals:

6 And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.

But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

7 Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.

In that day David made Asaph the chief to give praise to the Lord with his brethren.

8 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.

Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his doings among the nations.

9 Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: and relate all his wondrous works.

10 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.

Praise ye his holy name: let the heart I of them rejoice, that seek the Lord.

11 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.

Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face evermore.

12 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

Remember his wonderful works, which he hath done: his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.

13 O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

14 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.

He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

15 He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

Remember for ever his covenant: the word, which he commanded to a thousand generations.

16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

The covenant which he made with Abraham: and his oath to Isaac.

17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;

And he appointed the same to Jacob for a precept: and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:

Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan: the lot of your inheritance.

19 When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;

When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners in it.

20 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;

And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.

21 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,

He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.

22 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.

Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.

23 Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.

Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth: shew forth from day to day his salvation.

24 Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.

Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people.

25 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.

For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

27 Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.

Praise and magnificence are before him: strength and joy in his place.

28 Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.

Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families of the nations: bring ye to the Lord glory and empire.

29 Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship to the Lord in holy robes.

Give to the Lord glory to his name, bring up sacrifice, and come ye in his sight: and adore the Lord in holy becomingness.

30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

Let all the earth be moved at his presence: for he hath founded the world immoveable.

31 Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad: and let them say among the nations: The Lord hath reigned.

32 Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all things that are in them.

33 Then let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy before the Lord, for he is come to be the judge of the earth.

Then shall the trees of the wood give praise before the Lord: because he is come to judge the earth.

34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

35 And say, Be our saviour, O God of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvation from the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name and have glory in your praise.

And say ye: Save us, O God our saviour: and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may give glory to thy holy name, and may rejoice in singing thy praises.

36 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, So be it; and gave praise to the Lord.

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity: and let all the people say Amen, and a hymn to God.

37 So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:

So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence of the ark continually day by day, and in their courses.

38 And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:

And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters.

39 And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon;

And Sadoc the priest, and his brethren priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place, which was in Gabaon.

40 To give burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of burned offerings morning and evening, every day, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord which he gave to Israel;

That they should offer holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of holocausts continually, morning and evening, according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel.

41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lord, for his mercy is unchanging for ever;

And after him Heman, and Idithun, and the rest that were chosen, every one by his name to give praise to the Lord: because his mercy endureth for ever.

42 And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.

And Heman and Idithun sounded the trumpet, and played on the cymbals, and all kinds of musical instruments to sing praises to God: and the sons of Idithun he made porters.

43 And all the people went away, every man to his house; and David went back to give a blessing to his family.

And all the people returned to their houses: and David to bless also his own house.