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 offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

²When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

³He distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread and a portion of meat and a raisin cake.

⁴He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the Lord 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 the Lord.

Psalm of Thanksgiving

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

^bMake known His deeds among the peoples.

⁹Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;

¹Speak of all His ²wonders.

¹⁰¹Glory in His holy name;

Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad.

^11aSeek the Lord and His strength;

Seek His face continually.

^12aRemember His wonderful deeds which He has done,

^bHis marvels and the judgments from His mouth,

¹³O seed of Israel His servant,

Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

¹⁴He is the Lord our God;

^aHis judgments are in all the earth.

¹⁵Remember His covenant forever,

The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,

^16aThe covenant which He made with Abraham,

And His oath to Isaac.

^17aHe 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 they were only a few in number,

Very few, and strangers 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, saying,

²²“Do not touch My anointed ones,

And ^ado My prophets no harm.”

^23aSing to the Lord, all the earth;

Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.

²⁴Tell of His glory among the nations,

His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

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

He also is ^bto be feared above all gods.

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

^bBut the Lord made the heavens.

²⁷Splendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and joy are in His place.

²⁸Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

²⁹Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name;

Bring an ¹offering, and come before Him;

^aWorship the Lord in ²holy array.

³⁰Tremble before Him, all the earth;

Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.

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

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

^32aLet the sea ¹roar, and ²all it contains;

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

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

For He is coming to judge the earth.

^34aO give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

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

And gather us and deliver us from the nations,

To give thanks to Your holy name,

And ¹glory in Your praise.”

^36aBlessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,

From everlasting even to everlasting.

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

Worship before the Ark

³⁷So he left Asaph and his ¹relatives there ^abefore the ark of the covenant of the Lord 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.

³⁹He left ^aZadok the priest and his ¹relatives the priests ^bbefore the ²tabernacle of the Lord in the high place which was at Gibeon,

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

⁴¹With them were ^aHeman and Jeduthun, and ^bthe rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to ^cgive thanks to the Lord, because His lovingkindness is everlasting.

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 departed each to his house, and David returned to bless his household.