1 Chronicles 16

1 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.

So they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it; and they offered whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings before God.

2 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.

And David finished offering up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

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

And he divided to every man of Israel (both men and women), to [every] man one baker's loaf, and a cake.

4 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:

And he appointed before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Levites to minister [and] lift up the voice, and to give thanks and praise the Lord God of Israel:

5 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;

Asaph [was] the chief, and next to him Zacharias, Jeiel, Semiramoth, and Jeiel, Mattathias, Eliab, and Banaeas, and Abdedom: and Jeiel sounding with musical instruments, lutes [and] harps, and Asaph with cymbals:

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

and Banaeas and Oziel the priests [sounding] continually with trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God in that day.

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

Then David first gave orders to praise the Lord by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

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

Song. Give thanks to the Lord, call upon him by his name, make known his designs among the people.

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

Sing [songs] to him, and sing hymns to him, relate to all [people] his wonderful deeds, which the Lord has wrought.

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

Praise his holy name, the heart that seeks his pleasure shall rejoice.

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

Seek the Lord and be strong, seek his face continually.

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

Remember his wonderful works which he has wrought, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

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

[you] seed of Israel his servants, [you] seed of Jacob his chosen ones.

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

He [is] the Lord our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth.

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

Let us remember his covenant for ever, his word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

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

which he covenanted with Abraham, and his oath [sworn] to Isaac.

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

He confirmed it to Jacob for an ordinance, to Israel [as] an everlasting covenant,

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

saying, To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:

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

when they were few in number, when they were but little, and lived as strangers in it;

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

and went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

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

He suffered not a man to oppress them, and he reproved kings for their sakes,

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

saying, Touch not my anointed ones, and deal not wrongfully with my prophets.

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

Sing you to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation from day to day.

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

Declare among the nations his glory, his wondrous deeds among all peoples.

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

For the Lord [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.

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

For all the gods of the nations [are] idols; but our God made the heavens.

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

Glory and praise [are] in his presence; strength and rejoicing [are] in his place.

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

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

29 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.

Give to the Lord the glory [belonging] to his name: take gifts and offer [them] before him; and worship the Lord in his holy courts.

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

Let the whole earth fear before him; let the earth be established, and not be moved.

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

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; and let them say among the nations, The Lord reigns.

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

The sea with its fullness shall resound and the tree of the field, and all things in it.

33 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.

Then shall the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord, for he is come to judge the earth.

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

Give thanks to the Lord, for [it is] good, for his mercy [is] for ever.

35 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.

And say you, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us, and rescue us from among the heathen, that we may praise your holy name, and glory in your praises.

36 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.

Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting: And all the people shall say, Amen. So they praised the Lord.

37 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:

And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, according to the service of each day: from day to day.

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

And Abdedom and his brethren [were] sixty and eight; and Abdedom the son of Idithun, and Osa, [were] to be doorkeepers.

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

And [they appointed] Sadoc the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place in Gabaon,

40 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;

to offer up whole burnt offerings continually morning and evening, and according to all things written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded the children of Israel by Moses the servant of God.

41 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;

And with him [were] Aeman and Idithun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy [endures] for ever.

42 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.

And with them [there were] trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun [were] at the gate.

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

And all the people went every one to his home: and David returned to bless his house.