1 Chronicles 16

1 And so they took the ark of God, and they set it in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it. And they offered holocausts and peace offerings before God.

And they bring in the ark of God, and set it up in the midst of the tent that David hath stretched out for it, and they bring near burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God;

2 And when David had completed offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

and David ceaseth from offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of Jehovah,

3 And he divided to every single one, from men even to women, a twist of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and fine wheat flour fried with oil.

and giveth a portion to every man of Israel, both man and woman: to each a cake of bread, and a measure of wine, and a grape-cake.

4 And he appointed some from the Levites who would minister before the ark of the Lord, and commemorate his works, and glorify and praise the Lord, the God of Israel.

And he putteth before the ark of Jehovah, of the Levites, ministers, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel,

5 Asaph was the leader, and second to him was Zechariah. In addition, there were Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom. And Jeiel was over the instruments of the psaltery and the harps. But Asaph sounded out with the cymbals.

Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding;

6 Truly, the priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, were to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests [are] with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

7 In that day, David made Asaph the leader, in order to confess to the Lord with his brothers:

On that day then hath David given at the beginning to give thanks to Jehovah by the hand of Asaph and his brethren: —

8 “Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Make known his endeavors among the peoples.

Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings.

9 Sing to him, and sing psalms to him, and describe all his miracles.

Sing ye to Him, sing psalms to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.

10 Praise his holy name! Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

Boast yourselves in His holy name, Rejoice doth the heart of those seeking Jehovah.

11 Seek the Lord and his virtue. Seek his face always.

Seek ye Jehovah and His strength, Seek His face continually.

12 Remember his miracles, which he has accomplished, his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.

Remember His wonders that He did, His signs, and the judgments of His mouth,

13 O offspring of Israel, his servants! O sons of Jacob, his elect!

O seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

14 He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout all the earth.

He [is] Jehovah our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.

15 Remember forever his covenant, the word that he instructed unto a thousand generations,

Remember ye to the age His covenant, The word He commanded — To a thousand generations,

16 the covenant that he formed with Abraham, and his oath with Isaac.

Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath — to Isaac,

17 And he appointed the same to Jacob as a precept, and to Israel as an everlasting pact,

And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel — a covenant age-during.

18 saying: ‘To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.’

Saying: To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,

19 At that time, they were small in number, they were few and were settlers there.

When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.

20 And they passed through, from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from a kingdom unto another people.

21 He did not permit anyone to falsely accuse them. Instead, he reproved kings on their behalf:

He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on their account kings:

22 ‘Do not touch my Christ. And do not malign my prophets.’

Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil.

23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Announce his salvation, from day to day.

Sing to Jehovah, all the earth, Proclaim from day unto day His salvation.

24 Describe his glory among the Gentiles, his miracles among all the peoples.

Rehearse among nations His glory, Among all the peoples His wonders.

25 For the Lord is great and exceedingly praiseworthy. And he is terrible, above all gods.

For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And fearful He [is] above all gods.

26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols. But the Lord made the heavens.

For all gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah the heavens hath made.

27 Confession and magnificence are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place.

Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and joy [are] in His place.

28 Bring to the Lord, O families of the peoples, bring to the Lord glory and dominion.

Ascribe to Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

29 Give glory to the Lord, to his name. Lift up sacrifice, and approach before his sight. And adore the Lord in holy attire.

Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present, and come before Him. Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.

30 Let all the earth be moved before his face. For he founded the globe immoveable.

Be pained before Him, all the earth:

31 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult. And let them say among the nations, ‘The Lord has reigned.’

Also, established is the world, It is not moved! The heavens rejoice, and the earth is glad, And they say among nations: Jehovah hath reigned.

32 Let the sea roar, with all its plenitude. Let the fields exult, with all that is in them.

Roar doth the sea, and its fulness, Exult doth the field, and all that [is] in it,

33 Then the trees of the forest will give praise before the Lord. For he comes to judge the earth.

Then sing do trees of the forest, From the presence of Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth!

34 Confess to the Lord, for he is good. For his mercy is eternal.

Give thanks to Jehovah, for good, For to the age, [is] His kindness,

35 And say: ‘Save us, O God our savior! And gather us together, and rescue us from the nations, so that we may confess to your holy name, and may exult in your songs.

And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us, and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To triumph in Thy praise.

36 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen,’ and let them sing a hymn to the Lord.”

Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age and unto the age;' And all the people say, 'Amen,' and have given praise to Jehovah.

37 And so, there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, he left Asaph and his brothers, so that they might minister in the sight of the ark continually, throughout each day, and in their turns.

And he leaveth there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, for Asaph and for his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day,

38 Now Obededom and his brothers were sixty-eight. And he appointed Obededom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah to be porters.

both Obed-Edom and their brethren, sixty and eight, and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah for gatekeepers,

39 But Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, were before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place, which was in Gibeon,

and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, in a high place that [is] in Gibeon,

40 so that they could offer holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of holocausts continually, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the law of the Lord, which he instructed to Israel.

to cause to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah, on the altar of burnt-offering continually, morning and evening, and for all that is written in the law of Jehovah, that He charged on Israel.

41 And after him, Heman, and Jeduthun, and the remainder of the elect, each one by his name, were appointed to confess to the Lord: “For his mercy endures forever.”

And with them [are] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness,

42 Also Heman and Jeduthun sounded the trumpet, and they played upon the cymbals, and upon every kind of musical instrument, in order to sing praises to God. But the sons of Jeduthun he made to be porters.

and with them — Heman and Jeduthun — [are] trumpets and cymbals for those sounding, and instruments of the song of God, and the sons of Jeduthun [are] at the gate.

43 And all the people returned to their houses, and David also, so that he might bless his own house too.

And all the people go, each to his house, and David turneth round to bless his house.