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1 Chronicles 16

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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.
1 They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship 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.
2 After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he 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.
3 Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.
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:
4 He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to extol, thank, and praise the LORD, the 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;
5 Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals,
6 And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.
6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.
7 That day David first appointed Asaph and his associates to give praise to the LORD in this manner:
8 O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
8 Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done.
9 Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
9 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.
10 Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
10 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
11 Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
12 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
12 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,
13 O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
13 you his servants, the descendants of Israel, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
14 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.
14 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;
15 He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
16 The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
16 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
17 And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
17 He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
18 Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion you will inherit.”
19 When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
19 When they were but few in number, few indeed, and strangers in it,
20 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;
20 they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
21 He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
21 He allowed no one to oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:
22 Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wrong.
22 “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”
23 Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.
23 Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim his salvation day after day.
24 Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous 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.
25 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; 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.
26 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
27 Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.
27 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place.
28 Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.
28 Ascribe to the LORD, all you families of nations, ascribe 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.
29 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering and come before him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.
30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.
30 Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
31 Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King.
31 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; 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;
32 Let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!
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.
33 Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.
34 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
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.
35 Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.”
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.
36 Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said “Amen” and “Praise 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:
37 David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister there regularly, according to each day’s requirements.
38 And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:
38 He also left Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were gatekeepers.
39 And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place at Gibeon;
39 David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
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;
40 to present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance with everything written in the Law of the LORD, which he had given Israel.
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;
41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, “for his love endures forever.”
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.
42 Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were stationed 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.
43 Then all the people left, each for their own home, and David returned home to bless his family.
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