1 Chronicles 16:1-21 ▼

1 So they brought in the Arke of God, and set it in the middes of the Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it, and they offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before God.

2 And when Dauid had made an ende of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, hee blessed the people in the Name of the Lorde.

3 And he dealt to euery one of Israel both man and woman, to euery one a cake of breade, and a piece of flesh, and a bottel of wine.

4 And he appointed certaine of the Leuites to minister before the Arke of the Lorde, and to rehearse and to thanke and prayse the Lord God of Israel:

5 Asaph the chiefe, and next to him Zechariah, Ieiel, and Shemiramoth, and Iehiel, & Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed Edom, euen Ieiel with instruments, violes and harpes, and Asaph to make a sound with cymbales,

6 And Benaiah and Iahaziel Priestes, with trumpets continually before the Arke of the couenant of God.

7 Then at that time Dauid did appoint at the beginning to giue thankes to the Lorde by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

8 Praise the Lorde and call vpon his Name: declare his workes among the people.

9 Sing vnto him, sing praise vnto him, and talke of all his wonderfull workes.

10 Reioyce in his holy Name: let the hearts of them that seeke the Lord reioyce.

11 Seeke the Lord and his strength: seeke his face continually.

12 Remember his marueilous workes that he hath done, his wonders, and the iudgementes of his mouth,

13 O seede of Israel his seruant, O the children of Iaakob his chosen.

14 He is the Lorde our God: his iudgements are throughout all the earth.

15 Remember his couenant for euer, and the worde, which hee commaunded to a thousand generations:

16 Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

17 And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

18 Saying, To thee will I giue the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.

19 When ye were fewe in number, yea, a very fewe, and strangers therein,

20 And walked about from nation to nation, and from one kingdome to another people,

21 He suffered no man to do them wrong, but rebuked Kings for their sakes, saying,