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1 Chronicles 16

16 They brought God’s sacred chest to Jerusalem, and they put it in the special tent that David had set up for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God, who was present there in a special way. 2 When the priests finished making those offerings for David, David asked Yahweh to bless the people. 3 David had his servants give a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake to all of the people, both men and women, who were there from throughout Israel.

4 Then David appointed some Levites to stand in front of Yahweh’s sacred chest and thank and praise Yahweh, the God of the Israelites, for all that he had done. 5 Asaph was their leader. Zechariah was his assistant. The other Levites who helped were Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They played harps and lyres, and Asaph played cymbals. 6 The priests Benaiah and Jahaziel played trumpets regularly in front of the the sacred chest that was a symbol of the agreement between God and the people of Israel.

7 On that day, David first instructed Asaph and his kinsmen to sing this song to praise Yahweh:

8 Give thanks to Yahweh; pray to him.

Tell people throughout the world what he has done!

9 Sing to him; praise him with musical instruments;

tell others about all of his wonderful miracles!

10 Be proud of Yahweh, who is the holy God.

You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!

11 Ask Yahweh to help you and to make you strong;

pray to him regularly.

12 Think about the wonderful things that he has done,

the miracles he has performed and the just laws that he has decreed.

13 We are the offspring of his servant Israel;

we are the descendants of Jacob, whom he chose.

14 He is Yahweh, the God whom we worship.

He rules over people throughout the earth.

15 Always remember the agreement that he made.

He will keep his promise for countless generations.

16 That is the agreement that he made with Abraham

and that he repeated with an oath to Isaac.

17 Then he confirmed his agreement with Jacob,

that is, with Israel, as a promise that he would always keep.

18 Yahweh told them, “I will give you the region of Canaan;

that is something you will always possess.”

19 Yahweh said that to the people of Israel when there were only a few of them.

They were a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers.

20 They continually wandered from one place to another,

living in various kingdoms and among different people groups.

21 But Yahweh did not allow others to oppress the people of Israel.

On their behalf, he warned kings by saying to them,

22 “Do not harm the people whom I have chosen!

Do not do anything bad to my prophets!”

23 People throughout the world, sing to Yahweh!

Every day proclaim to others that he has saved us.

24 Tell the people of other nations how glorious he is;

tell all of them the marvelous things that he has done.

25 Do this because Yahweh is great, and he deserves very much for people to praise him;

people should revere him more than all other gods.

26 This is true because all of the gods that the other peoples worship are only idols,

but it was Yahweh who made the sky!

27 Yahweh is magnificent and majestic.

People who worship him at his sanctuary become strong and joyful.

28 People who belong to other nations,

acknowledge that Yahweh is glorious and powerful!

29 Acknowledge that Yahweh deserves praise for who he is.

Bring offerings to him at his sanctuary.

Worship Yahweh because he is marvelously holy.

30 People throughout the world should tremble because of who he is.

After all, he put the world in its place, and nothing will ever move it.

31 Everything throughout the creation should celebrate,

and the people of nations throughout the world should proclaim, “Yahweh is the king!”

32 If they could, the oceans and all the creatures in them should shout to praise Yahweh,

and the fields and everything in them should rejoice.

33 If they could, the trees in the forest should cheer in front of Yahweh,

because he will come to judge everyone on the earth.

34 Thank Yahweh because he is good

and because he faithfully loves us forever!

35 Say to him, “You are the God who can save us, so please save us.

Please rescue us from enemy nations that would try to capture us.

Then we will thank you for your special character,

and we will revel in giving you praise.”

36 Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelites worship!

Praise him now and forever!

After the Levites finished singing that song, the people who were there said “Amen!” to express their agreement, and they worshiped Yahweh. 37 Then David assigned Asaph and some of his fellow Levites to sing and play musical instruments regularly in front of the sacred chest. It was a symbol of the agreement between Yahweh and the people of Israel. David told them to do what they needed to do each day. 38 David also assigned 68 other Levites to work there, with Obed Edom as their leader. Hosah and Obed Edom, who was the son of Jeduthun, guarded the entrances to the special tent that David had set up for the sacred chest.

39 David also assigned Zadok the high priest and other priests with him to work at Yahweh’s sacred tent in which the sacred chest had previously been. It was at a hilltop shrine in the city of Gibeon. 40 David told them to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh regularly, every morning and every evening, on the altar for those offerings. Yahweh had commanded the Israelites to do that, and Moses had written that down in the law. 41 David personally chose Heman, Jeduthun, and some other Levites to work with them. He assigned them to praise Yahweh, as the song says, “because he always loves his people faithfully.” 42 As part of that group, Heman and Jeduthun directed the Levites who played trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments to praise God. Jeduthun’s sons guarded the gate that led to the sacred tent.

43 Then the crowd of people left and each went back to their homes. David returned to his home to ask Yahweh to bless his family.

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