CHAPTER 16
1And they brought the Ark of God and set it up within the tent that David had pitched, and they offered up burnt offerings and well-being sacrifices before the LORD. 2And David finished offering up the burnt offerings and the well-being sacrifices, and he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. 3And he shared out to every person of Israel from man to woman a loaf of bread and a date cake and a raisin cake for each. 4And he put before the Ark of the LORD from the Levites ministers to invoke and to acclaim and to praise the LORD God of Israel: 5Asaph the chief and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-Edom and Jeiel with lyres and lutes and Asaph sounding the cymbals, 6and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets constantly before the Ark of God’s Covenant. 7On that day then did David first set Asaph and his kin to acclaim the LORD.
8Acclaim the LORD, call out His name,
make His deeds known among the peoples.
9Sing to Him, hymn to Him,
speak of all His wonders.
10Revel in His holy name.
Let the heart of the LORD’S seekers rejoice.
11Inquire of the LORD and His strength,
seek His presence always.
12Recall the wonders that He did,
His portents and the judgments He issued.
13O seed of Israel His servant,
sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
14He is the LORD our God—
through all the earth, His judgments.
15Recall His pact forever,
the word He ordained for a thousand generations,
16which He sealed with Abraham,
and His vow to Isaac,
17and He set it for Jacob as a statute,
for Israel an eternal pact.
18saying,
“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the plot of your estate,”
19when you were a handful of men,
but a few, and sojourners there.
20And they went about
from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.
21He allowed no man to oppress them
and warned kings on their account:
22“Touch not My anointed ones,
and to My prophets do no harm.”
23Sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Bring tidings everyday of His rescue.
24Recount among the nations His glory,
among all the peoples His wonders.
25For great is the LORD and most praised,
fearsome is He over all the gods.
26For all the gods of the peoples are ungods,
but the LORD has made the heavens.
27Greatness and grandeur before Him,
strength and joyfulness in His place.
28Grant to the LORD, O families of peoples
grant to the LORD glory and strength.
29Grant to the LORD his name’s glory,
bear tribute and come before Him,
bow to the LORD in sacred grandeur.
30Quake before Him, all the earth.
Yes, the world stands firm, will not shake.
31Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult,
and let them say among the nations: The LORD reigns.
32Let the sea and its fullness thunder,
let the field be glad and all that is in it.
33Then shall the trees of the forest joyfully sing
before the LORD, for He comes
to judge all the earth.
34Acclaim the LORD,
for He is good, for His kindness is forever.
35And say, “Rescue us, God of our rescue,
and gather us and save us from the nations
to acclaim Your holy name,
to glory in Your praise.”
36Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
forever and forever.
37And all the people said amen and praised the LORD. 38And he left Asaph and his kin there before the Ark of the LORD’S Covenant to minister before the Ark perpetually for the matter of each and every day. 39And Obed-Edom and their kin, sixty-eight of them, and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah, as gatekeepers, 40and Zadok the priest and his kin the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD on the high place which is in Gibeon, 41to offer up burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar for burnt offerings perpetually for morning and for evening as all that is written in the Teaching of the LORD with which He charged Israel. 42And with them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of the picked men who were marked out by name to acclaim the LORD, for His kindness is forever. 43And with them, with Heman and Jeduthun, were trumpets and cymbals for loud sounding and instruments for God’s song. And the sons of Jeduthun were in charge of the gates. 44And all the people went, each one to his house, and David turned round to bless his house.