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Moff 1 CHR Chapter 16

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16 After bringing in the ark of the compact of the Eternal, they put it in its place, inside the tent pitched for it by David; they sacrificed burnt-offerings and recompense-offerings before God, 2 and when David had finished sacrificing the burnt-offerings and recompense-offerings before God, he blessed the people in the name of the Eternal, 3 and distributed to every man and woman in Israel a loaf of bread, a slice of meat, and a bunch of raisins apiece. 4 He appointed certain Levites to serve before the ark of the Eternal, to commemorate and thank and praise the Eternal the God of Israel; 5 of these the leader was Asaph, and next to him Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with lutes and lyres, Asaph always beating time with cymbals, 6 Benaiah and Jaaziel the priests with bugles, before the ark of the compact of God. 7 On that day David first commissioned Asaph and his fellows to offer thanks to the Eternal, thus: 8 

Give thanks to the Eternal, proclaim his fame,

celebrate among the nations his exploits;

sing to him, make music to him,

go over all the wonders he has done;

glory in his sacred name,

let worshippers of the Eternal rejoice in heart.

Worship the Eternal and be n strengthened,

worship in his presence evermore,

remember the wonders he has done,

his marvels and his sentences of doom,

0 race of Israel his servant,

0 sons of Jacob whom he chose.

The Eternal, he is our God,

and his authority is over all the earth.

Never forget his compact,

the pledge he gave for a thousand generations,

the compact made with Abraham,

the oath he swore to Isaac,

confirming it as a decree to Jacob,

for Israel as a lasting compact,

that he would give them Canaan's land,

to hold it as their own possession.

Few in number were our fathers,

few and foreigners,

wandering from one nation to another,

and from realm to realm;

but he would not let a man oppress them,

he would punish kings on their account,

saying, Never touch my chosen,

my prophets never harm.

Sing, all the earth, to the Eternal,

day after day tell of his saving aid;

let the heathen hear his glory,

let every nation know the wonders he has done.

For great is the Eternal, loudly to be praised,

and to be feared above all gods;

for all gods of the nations are mere idols,

but the Eternal made the heavens;

grandeur and majesty attend him,

splendour and joy are in his temple.

Praise the Eternal, O families of the nations,

praise the Eternal for his glory and his might!

Praise the Eternal for his own open glory,

enter his presence with an offering,

kneel before God in sacred vestments;

tremble before him, all the earth;

he has steadied and settled the world.

Let the skies be glad, let earth rejoice,

proclaim to pagans that the Eternal is king.

Let the sea and all within it thunder praise,

let the fields and all they hold exult,

let the trees of the forest sing for joy

at the Eternal's presence

--for he comes to rule the earth.

Give thanks to the Eternal!--he is good;

his kindness never fails.

And cry, "O God of our salvation, save us,

gather us, free us, from the heathen,

to give thanks to thy sacred name,

to triumph in thy deeds of praise."

Blessed be the Eternal, Israel's God,

from age to age, for ever!

And all the people added "Amen," praising the Eternal. 37 David then left Asaph and his fellows there at the service of the ark for all time, as each day's duty required, 38 with Obed-edom, Hosa, and their sixty-eight comrades to guard the gates, 39 and Zadok with his fellow-priests to offer the burnt-sacrifice to the Eternal, before the tent of the Eternal on the height at Gibeon, 40 upon the altar of burnt-offerings every morning and every evening, in accordance with all the injunctions laid down by the Eternal in his law for Israel; 41 Heman, Jeduthun, and the others already mentioned by name, chosen for this service, were left to give thanks to the Eternal, "whose kindness never fails," 42 possessing bugles and cymbals for the use of musicians, and other instruments used in sacred song (the sons of Jeduthun acting as warders). 43 Then the people all went home, and David went home to greet his family.

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