Chronicles: the ark comes to Jerusalem · Psalms quoted at the ark's arrival · Remembering God's works

1 Chronicles 16 WEB

¹They brought in God’s ark, and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. ²When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the LORD’s name. ³He gave to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. ⁴He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the LORD’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel: ⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; ⁶with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God. ⁷Then on that day David first ordained giving of thanks to the LORD by the hand of Asaph and his brothers. ⁸Oh give thanks to the LORD. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples. ⁹Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works. ¹⁰Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice. ¹¹Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more. ¹²Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, ¹³you offspring of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. ¹⁴He is the LORD our God. His judgments are in all the earth. ¹⁵Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ¹⁶the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac. ¹⁷He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹⁸saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,” ¹⁹when you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. ²⁰They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. ²¹He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, ²²“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!” ²³Sing to the LORD, all the earth! Display his salvation from day to day. ²⁴Declare his glory among the nations, and his marvelous works among all the peoples. ²⁵For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods. ²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. ²⁷Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place. ²⁸Ascribe to the LORD, you families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! ²⁹Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship the LORD in holy array. ³⁰Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it can’t be moved. ³¹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” ³²Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it! ³³Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. ³⁴Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ³⁵Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.” ³⁶Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD. ³⁷So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required; ³⁸and Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; ³⁹and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests, before the LORD’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon, ⁴⁰to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the LORD’s law, which he commanded to Israel; ⁴¹and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures forever; ⁴²and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. ⁴³All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.

Psalm 96 WEB

¹Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. ²Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day! ³Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. ⁴For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods. ⁵For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. ⁶Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. ⁷Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. ⁸Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts. ⁹Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth. ¹⁰Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity. ¹¹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness! ¹²Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy ¹³before the LORD; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

Psalms 105–106 WEB

^105:1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. ²Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. ³Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice. ⁴Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more. ⁵Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, ⁶you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. ⁷He is the LORD, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. ⁸He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ⁹the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, ¹⁰and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹¹saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,” ¹²when they were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and foreigners in it. ¹³They went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people. ¹⁴He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, ¹⁵“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!” ¹⁶He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies. ¹⁷He sent a man before them. Joseph was sold for a slave. ¹⁸They bruised his feet with shackles. His neck was locked in irons, ¹⁹until the time that his word happened, and the LORD’s word proved him true. ²⁰The king sent and freed him, even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. ²¹He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all of his possessions, ²²to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. ²³Israel also came into Egypt. Jacob lived in the land of Ham. ²⁴He increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their adversaries. ²⁵He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants. ²⁶He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. ²⁷They performed miracles among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. ²⁸He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn’t rebel against his words. ²⁹He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. ³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the rooms of their kings. ³¹He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders. ³²He gave them hail for rain, with lightning in their land. ³³He struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country. ³⁴He spoke, and the locusts came with the grasshoppers, without number. ³⁵They ate up every plant in their land, and ate up the fruit of their ground. ³⁶He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood. ³⁷He brought them out with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes. ³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen on them. ³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night. ⁴⁰They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky. ⁴¹He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places. ⁴²For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. ⁴³He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing. ⁴⁴He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession, ⁴⁵that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise the LORD!

^106:1Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. ²Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD, or fully declare all his praise? ³Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times. ⁴Remember me, LORD, with the favor that you show to your people. Visit me with your salvation, ⁵that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. ⁶We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. ⁷Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea. ⁸Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power known. ⁹He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert. ¹⁰He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left. ¹²Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. ¹³They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel, ¹⁴but gave in to craving in the desert, and tested God in the wasteland. ¹⁵He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul. ¹⁶They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, the LORD’s saint. ¹⁷The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. ¹⁸A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. ¹⁹They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped a molten image. ²⁰Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass. ²¹They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt, ²²wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea. ²³Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn’t destroy them. ²⁴Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn’t believe his word, ²⁵but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice. ²⁶Therefore he swore to them that he would overthrow them in the wilderness, ²⁷that he would overthrow their offspring among the nations, and scatter them in the lands. ²⁸They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. ²⁹Thus they provoked him to anger with their deeds. The plague broke in on them. ³⁰Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped. ³¹That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come. ³²They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled for their sakes; ³³because they were rebellious against his spirit, he spoke rashly with his lips. ³⁴They didn’t destroy the peoples, as the LORD commanded them, ³⁵but mixed themselves with the nations, and learned their works. ³⁶They served their idols, which became a snare to them. ³⁷Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. ³⁸They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood. ³⁹Thus they were defiled with their works, and prostituted themselves in their deeds. ⁴⁰Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance. ⁴¹He gave them into the hand of the nations. Those who hated them ruled over them. ⁴²Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand. ⁴³He rescued them many times, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. ⁴⁴Nevertheless he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry. ⁴⁵He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. ⁴⁶He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive. ⁴⁷Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise! ⁴⁸Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!