16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God:

16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD:

16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon:

16:4 And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed- edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals:

16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God:

16:7 Then on that day David delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren:

16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people:

16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works:

16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD:

16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually:

16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth:

16:13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones:

16:14 He [is] the LORD our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth:

16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand generations:

16:16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac:

16:17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant:

16:18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

16:19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it:

16:20 And [when] they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people:

16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes:

16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm:

16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation:

16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations:

16:25 For great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also [is] to be feared above all gods:

16:26 For all the gods of the people [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens:

16:27 Glory and honour [are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place:

16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength:

16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory [due] unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness:

16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved:

16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let [men] say among the nations, The LORD reigneth:

16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that [is] therein:

16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth:

16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever:

16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, [and] glory in thy praise:

16:36 Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD:

16:37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day' s work required:

16:38 And Obed- edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed- edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters:

16:39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon:

16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and [to do] according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel:

16:41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever:

16:42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun [were] porters:

16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house: