1 Chronicles 16

New American Standard Bible

A Tent for the Ark

16 And they brought in the ark of God and ^(A)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 ^[a]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 ^(B)first assigned ^[b]Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the Lord.

Psalm of Thanksgiving

⁸^(C)Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name;
^(D)Make His deeds known among the peoples.
⁹Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
^[c]Speak of all His ^[d]wonders.
¹⁰Boast in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be joyful.
¹¹^(E)Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face continually.
¹²^(F)Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done,
^(G)His marvels and the judgments from His mouth,
¹³You ^[e]descendants of Israel His servant,
Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
¹⁴He is the Lord our God;
^(H)His judgments are in all the earth.
¹⁵Remember His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,
¹⁶^(I)The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac.
¹⁷^(J)He also confirmed it to Jacob as a statute,
To Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹⁸Saying, “^(K)To you I will give the land of Canaan,
As the portion of your inheritance.”
¹⁹^(L)When 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 ^(M)He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,
²²“Do not touch My anointed ones,
And ^(N)do not harm My prophets.”
²³^(O)Sing 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 ^(P)great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
He also is ^(Q)to be feared above all gods.
²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are ^[f]^(R)idols,
^(S)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 ^[g]offering, and come before Him;
^(T)Worship the Lord in ^[h]holy attire.
³⁰Tremble before Him, all the earth;
Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
³¹^[i]^(U)Let the heavens be joyful, and the earth rejoice;
And let them say among the nations, “^(V)The Lord reigns.”
³²^(W)Let the sea ^[j]roar, and ^[k]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.
³⁴^(X)Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His faithfulness is everlasting.
³⁵^(Y)Then say, “Save us, God of our salvation,
And gather us and save us from the nations,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
And ^[l]glory in Your praise.”
³⁶^(Z)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting!

Then all the people ^(AA)said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord.

Worship before the Ark

³⁷So he left Asaph and his relatives there ^(AB)before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, ^(AC)as every day’s work required, ³⁸and ^(AD)Obed-edom with ^[m]his sixty-eight relatives; Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and ^(AE)Hosah as gatekeepers. ³⁹He left ^(AF)Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests ^(AG)before the ^[n]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, ^(AH)even according to everything that is written in the Law of the Lord, which He commanded Israel. ⁴¹With them were ^(AI)Heman and Jeduthun, and ^(AJ)the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to ^(AK)give thanks to the Lord, because His ^[o]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 ^(AL)the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.