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1 Chronicles 16
161They brought the Ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. They offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings[] before God. 2When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 3He distributed to each and every Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread, a cake of dates,[] and a cake of raisins.
4He designated the following individuals from the Levites to serve before the Ark of the Lord by remembering, thanking, and praising the Lord, the God of Israel:
5Asaph was the leader. Zechariah was directly under him.
Jeiel,[] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel were to play music on harps and lyres.
Asaph was sounding the cymbals.
6Benaiah and Jahaziel, the priests with trumpets, were to be continually before the Ark of the Covenant of God.
7On that day David first gave the directive to give thanks to the Lord through the ministry of Asaph and his associates:
Call to Worship
8Give thanks to the Lord.
Call on his name.
Make known his deeds among the peoples.
9Sing to him.
Make music to him.
10Praise his holy name.
The hearts of those who seek the Lord will rejoice.
11Seek the Lord and his strength.
Seek his presence continually.
12Remember his wonderful acts, his signs,
and the judgments from his mouth,
you sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.
14He is the Lord our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
His Special Covenant With Israel
15Remember his covenant forever,
a word he commanded for a thousand generations,
16his covenant which he made with Abraham,
which was his sworn promise to Isaac.
17He confirmed it to Jacob as a statute for Israel,
an everlasting covenant.
18He said, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as a portion for your inheritance,
19even though your numbers are small,
and you are insignificant,
and you are living in it as aliens.”
20They were wandering from nation to nation
and from one kingdom to another people.
21Yet he did not permit anyone to oppress them.
He rebuked kings on their account:
22“You must not touch my anointed ones.
Against my prophets you must do no harm.”
A God for All the Earth
23Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day.
24Declare his glory among the nations,
his wonderful acts among all the peoples,
25for great is the Lord and greatly to be praised.
He is to be feared above all gods.
But the Lord made the heavens.
27Honor and majesty are before him.
Strength and joy are in his place.
28Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples.
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
29Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name.
Bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
30Tremble before him, all the earth.
Surely the world stands firm.
It shall never be overthrown.
The earth will rejoice.
They will say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
32The sea and everything that fills it will roar.
The fields and everything in them will celebrate.
33The trees of the forest will sing for joy before the Lord,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
Closing Praise
34Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his mercy endures forever.
35Say, “Save us, O God of our salvation.
Gather us and save us from the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name,
to glorify you by praising you.”
36Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Then all the people said “Amen” and praised the Lord.
37David left Asaph and his relatives there in front of the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, to minister before the Ark continually, to do whatever was needed each day, 38along with Obed Edom and sixty-eight relatives. Obed Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah served as gatekeepers.
39Zadok the priest and his fellow priests were assigned to the Tent of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon, 40to present burnt offerings to the Lord upon the altar for burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, according to everything written in the Law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel.
41With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endures forever.
42With them were Heman and Jeduthun to make music to God with trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments. The descendants of Jeduthun were assigned to the gate.
43Then all the people departed, each to his own house, and David returned to bless his house.
Footnotes
- 16:1 Traditionally peace offerings
- 16:3 The meaning of the term is uncertain.
- 16:5 This seems to be the same person as Ja'aziel in 15:18.
- 16:7 This psalm is very similar to parts of Psalms 105:1–15; 96:1–13; and 106:47–48 (in that order). The translation here is independent. The variants from the psalms are not footnoted.
- 16:9 Or marvelous deeds
- 16:13 Literally seed
- 16:26 The Hebrew word elilim means nothings or mini-gods. They are worthless nothings.
- 16:31 Or Let the heavens be glad. The following lines in verses 31-33 also may be either wishes or prayers.