1 Chronicles 16 (New American Standard)

A Tent for the Ark

1 And they brought in the ark of God and ¹placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 2 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 3 He distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread and a portion of meat and a raisin cake. 4 He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel : 5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then ^aJeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres ; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 Then on that day David ²first assigned ^bAsaph and his ^crelatives to give thanks to the LORD.

Psalm of Thanksgiving

8 ³Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name ; ⁴Make known His deeds among the peoples. 9 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; ^dSpeak of all His ^ewonders. 10 ^fGlory in His holy name ; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. 11 ⁵Seek the LORD and His strength ; Seek His face continually. 12 ⁶Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done, ⁷His marvels and the judgments from His mouth, 13 O seed of Israel His servant, Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones ! 14 He is the LORD our God ; ⁸His judgments are in all the earth. 15 Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, 16 ⁹The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. 17 ¹⁰He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, "¹¹To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance." 19 ¹²When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it, 20 And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people, 21 He permitted no man to oppress them, And ¹³He reproved kings for their sakes, saying, 22 "Do not touch My anointed ones, And ¹⁴do My prophets no harm." 23 ¹⁵Sing to the LORD, all the earth ; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. 24 Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. 25 For ¹⁶great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised ; He also is ¹⁷to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the peoples are ^g18idols, ¹⁹But the LORD made the heavens. 27 Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place. 28 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 29 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name ; Bring an ^hoffering, and come before Him; ²⁰Worship the LORD in ⁱholy array. 30 Tremble before Him, all the earth ; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved. 31 ²¹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice ; And let them say among the nations, "²²The LORD reigns." 32 ²³Let the sea ^jroar, and ^kall it contains ; Let the field exult, and all that is in it. 33 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD ; For He is coming to judge the earth. 34 ²⁴O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good ; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. 35 ²⁵Then say, "Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name, And ^lglory in Your praise." 36 ²⁶Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. Then all the people ²⁷said, "Amen," and praised the LORD.

Worship before the Ark

37 So he left Asaph and his ^mrelatives there ²⁸before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark continually, ²⁹as every day's work required ; 38 and ³⁰Obed-edom with ⁿhis 68 relatives ; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and ³¹Hosah as gatekeepers. 39 He left ³²Zadok the priest and his ^orelatives the priests ³³before the ^ptabernacle of the LORD in the high place which was at Gibeon, 40 to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, ³⁴even according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which He commanded Israel. 41 With them were ³⁵Heman and Jeduthun, and ³⁶the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to ³⁷give thanks to the LORD, because His lovingkindness is everlasting. 42 And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and with instruments for ³⁸the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate. 43 ³⁹Then all the people departed each to his house, and David returned to bless his household.