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 [of wine].
 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 Obededom: 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; show 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 Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;
Obededom 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.