1 Chronicles 16

CHAPTER 16

A Tent for the Ark

¹And they brought in the ark of God and ^aplaced it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they brought burnt offerings and peace offerings near before God.

²Then David completed offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings. And he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

³And he apportioned to everyone of Israel, both men and women, to everyone a loaf of bread and a portion of meat and a raisin cake.

⁴And he made some of the Levites ministers before the ark of Yahweh, even to bring remembrance and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:

⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then ¹Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals,

⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

⁷Then on that day David ^afirst assigned ¹Asaph and his ²relatives to give thanks to Yahweh.

Song of Thanksgiving

^8aOh give thanks to Yahweh, call upon His name;

^bMake known His acts among the peoples.

⁹Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;

Muse on all His wondrous deeds.

¹⁰Boast in His holy name;

Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh be glad.

^11aInquire of Yahweh and His strength;

Seek His face continually.

^12aRemember His wondrous deeds which He has done,

^bHis miraculous signs and the judgments uttered by His mouth,

¹³O seed of Israel His servant,

O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

¹⁴He is Yahweh our God;

^aHis judgments are in all the earth.

¹⁵Remember His covenant forever,

The word which He commanded for a thousand generations,

^16aWhich He cut with Abraham,

And His oath to Isaac.

^17aThen He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,

To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

¹⁸Saying, “^aTo you I will give the land of Canaan,

As the portion of your inheritance,”

^19aWhen you were only a few men in number,

Of little account, and sojourners in it,

²⁰And they wandered about from nation to nation,

And from one kingdom to another people,

²¹He permitted no man to oppress them,

And ^aHe reproved kings for their sakes,

²²“Do not touch My anointed ones,

And ^aagainst My prophets do no evil.”

^23aSing to Yahweh, all the earth;

Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

²⁴Recount His glory among the nations,

His wondrous deeds among all the peoples.

²⁵For ^agreat is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised;

And He is ^1bmore ²fearsome than all gods.

²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are ^1aidols,

^bBut Yahweh made the heavens.

²⁷Splendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and joy are in His place.

²⁸Ascribe to Yahweh, O families of the peoples,

Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

²⁹Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;

Lift up ¹an offering, and come before Him;

^aWorship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness.

³⁰Tremble before Him, all the earth;

Indeed, the world is established, it will not be shaken.

^31aLet the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

And let them say among the nations, “^bYahweh reigns.”

^32aLet the sea ¹roar, as well as its fullness;

Let the field exult, and all that is in it.

³³Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh;

For He is coming to judge the earth.

^34aOh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever.

^35aThen say, “Save us, O God of our salvation,

And gather us and deliver us from among the nations,

To give thanks to Your holy name

And revel in Your praise.”

^36aBlessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,

From everlasting to everlasting.

Then all the people ^bsaid, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh.

Ministering Before the Ark

³⁷So he left behind Asaph and his ¹relatives there ^abefore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark continually, ^bas every day’s work required;

³⁸and ^aObed-edom with ¹his 68 relatives; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and ^bHosah as gatekeepers.

³⁹Now he left behind ^aZadok the priest and his ¹relatives the priests ^bbefore the ²tabernacle of Yahweh in the high place, which was at Gibeon,

⁴⁰to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, ^aeven according to all that is written in the law of Yahweh, which He commanded Israel.

⁴¹And with them were ^aHeman and Jeduthun, and ^bthe rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to ^cgive thanks to Yahweh, because His lovingkindness endures forever.

⁴²And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and with instruments for ^athe songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.

^43aThen all the people went each to his house, and David returned to bless his household.