1 Chronicles 16

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

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.

2 and David ceases from offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, and blesses the people in the Name of YHWH,

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.

3 and gives 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.

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

4 And he puts before the Ark of YHWH, those ministering from the Levites, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to YHWH, God of Israel:

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:

5 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 is sounding with cymbals;

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;

6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests [are] continually [sounding] with trumpets before the Ark of the Covenant of God.

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

7 On that day, at that time, David has given at the beginning to give thanks to YHWH by the hand of Asaph and his brothers:

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

8 “Give thanks to YHWH, call on His Name, Make His doings known among the peoples.

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

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

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

10 Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking YHWH rejoices.

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

11 Seek YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.

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

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

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

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

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

14 He [is] our God YHWH, His judgments [are] in all the earth.

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

15 Remember His covenant for all time, The word He commanded—To one thousand generations,

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

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

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

17 And He establishes it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel [for] a perpetual covenant,

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

18 Saying, To you I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,

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

19 When you were few in number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.

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

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

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

21 He has not permitted any to oppress them, And reproves kings on their account:

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

22 Do not come against My anointed ones, And do no evil against My prophets.

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

23 Sing to YHWH, all the earth, Proclaim His salvation from day to day.

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

24 Recount His glory among nations, His wonders among all the peoples.

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

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

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

26 For all gods of the peoples [are] nothing, And YHWH has made the heavens.

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

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

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

28 Ascribe to YHWH, you families of peoples, Ascribe to YHWH glory and strength.

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

29 Ascribe to YHWH the glory of His Name, Lift up a present, and come before Him. Bow yourselves to YHWH, In the beauty of holiness.

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.

30 Be pained before Him, all the earth; Also, the world is established, It is not moved!

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

31 The heavens rejoice, and the earth is glad, And they say among nations, YHWH has reigned!

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

32 The sea roars, and its fullness, The field exults, and all that [is] in it,

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

33 Then trees of the forest sing, From the presence of YHWH, For He has come to judge the earth!

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.

34 Give thanks to YHWH, for [He is] good, For His kindness [is] for all time,

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

35 And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us, and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Your Holy Name, To triumph in Your praise.

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.

36 Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age”; And all the people say, “Amen,” and have given praise to YHWH.

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.

37 And he leaves there [those] of Asaph and of his brothers, before the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, to minister before the Ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day;

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:

38 both Obed-Edom and their sixty-eight brothers, and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, for gatekeepers;

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

39 and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the Dwelling Place of YHWH, in a high place that [is] in Gibeon,

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

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

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;

41 And with them [are] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to YHWH, for His kindness [is] for all time;

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;

42 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.

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.

43 And all the people go, each to his house, and David turns around to bless his house.

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