1 Chronicles
16
- They brought the ark of God and set it inside
the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings
and fellowship offerings before God.
- After David had finished sacrificing the
burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name
of the LORD.
- Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of
dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.
- He appointed some of the Levites to minister
before the ark of the LORD, to make petition, to give thanks, and to praise
the LORD, the God of Israel:
- Asaph was the chief, Zechariah second, then
Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel.
They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals,
- and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were
to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
- That day David first committed to Asaph
and his associates this psalm of thanks to the LORD:
- Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
- Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of
all his wonderful acts.
- Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of
those who seek the LORD rejoice.
- Look to the LORD and his strength; seek
his face always.
- Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles,
and the judgments he pronounced,
- O descendants of Israel his servant, O sons
of Jacob, his chosen ones.
- He is the LORD our God; his judgments are
in all the earth.
- He remembers his covenant forever, the word
he commanded, for a thousand generations,
- the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath
he swore to Isaac.
- He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to
Israel as an everlasting covenant:
- "To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion you will inherit."
- When they were but few in number, few indeed,
and strangers in it,
- they wandered from nation to nation, from
one kingdom to another.
- He allowed no man to oppress them; for their
sake he rebuked kings:
- "Do not touch my anointed ones; do
my prophets no harm."
- Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim
his salvation day after day.
- Declare his glory among the nations, his
marvelous deeds among all peoples.
- For great is the LORD and most worthy of
praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
- For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.
- Splendor and majesty are before him; strength
and joy in his dwelling place.
- Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength,
- ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name.
Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of
his holiness.
- Tremble before him, all the earth! The world
is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
- Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be
glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns !"
- Let the sea resound, and all that is in
it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them !
- Then the trees of the forest will sing,
they will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.
- Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
- Cry out, "Save us, O God our Savior;
gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your
holy name, that we may glory in your praise."
- Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said "Amen"
and "Praise the LORD."
- David left Asaph and his associates before
the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister there regularly, according
to each day's requirements.
- He also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight
associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah,
were gatekeepers.
- David left Zadok the priest and his fellow
priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
- to present burnt offerings to the LORD on
the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance
with everything written in the Law of the LORD, which he had given Israel.
- With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the
rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, "for
his love endures forever."
- Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for
the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other
instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
- Then all the people left, each for his own
home, and David returned home to bless his family.
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