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1 Chronicles 16

A Tent for the Ark

¹And they brought in the ark of God and placed 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. ³Then he distributed to everyone of Israel, both men and women, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a raisin cake.

⁴He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel: ⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, and lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals, ⁶and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

⁷Then on that day David first assigned Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the Lord.

Psalm of Thanksgiving

⁸Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples.

⁹Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders.

¹⁰Boast in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be joyful.

¹¹Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.

¹²Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done, His marvels and the judgments from His mouth,

¹³You descendants of Israel His servant, Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

¹⁴He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

¹⁵Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,

¹⁶The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac.

¹⁷He also confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

¹⁸Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance.”

¹⁹When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it,

²⁰And they wandered from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people,

²¹He allowed no one to oppress them, And He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,

²²“Do not touch My anointed ones, And do not harm My prophets.”

²³Sing to the Lord, all the earth; Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

²⁴Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

²⁵For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods.

²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens.

²⁷Splendor 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 due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the Lord in holy attire.

³⁰Tremble before Him, all the earth; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.

³¹Let the heavens be joyful, and the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”

³²Let the sea roar, and everything it contains; Let the field rejoice, and everything that is in it.

³³Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy in the presence of the Lord; For He is coming to judge the earth.

³⁴Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His faithfulness is everlasting.

³⁵Then say, “Save us, God of our salvation, And gather us and save us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name, And glory in Your praise.”

³⁶Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting! Then all the people said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord.

Worship before the Ark

³⁷So he left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required, ³⁸and Obed-edom with his sixty-eight relatives; Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers. ³⁹He left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle 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, even according to everything that is written in the Law of the Lord, which He commanded Israel. ⁴¹With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because His kindness is everlasting. ⁴²And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who were to play them, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.

⁴³Then all the people departed, each to his house; and David returned to bless his household.

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