and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to
be feared above all gods.

16:26. For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the
heavens.

16:27. Praise and magnificence are before him: strength and joy in his
place.

16:28. Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families of the nations: bring ye to
the Lord glory and empire.

16:29. Give to the Lord glory to his name, bring up sacrifice, and come
ye in his sight: and adore the Lord in holy becomingness.

16:30. Let all the earth be moved at his presence: for he hath founded
the world immoveable.

16:31. Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad: and let them say
among the nations: The Lord hath reigned.

16:32. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all things that are in them.

16:33. Then shall the trees of the wood give praise before the Lord:
because he is come to judge the earth.

16:34. Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth
for ever.

16:35. And say ye: Save us, O God our savior: and gather us together,
and deliver us from the nations, that we may give glory to thy holy
name, and may rejoice in singing thy praises.

16:36. Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity:
and let all the people say Amen, and a hymn to God.

16:37. So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
Asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence of the ark
continually day by day, and in their courses.

16:38. And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son
of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters.

16:39. And Sadoc the priest, and his brethren priests, before the
tabernacle of the Lord in the high place, which was in Gabaon.

16:40. That they should offer holocausts to the Lord upon the altar of
holocausts continually, morning and evening, according to all that is
written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel.

16:41. And after him Heman, and Idithun, and the rest that were chosen,
every one by his name to give praise to the Lord: because his mercy
endureth for ever.

16:42. And Heman and Idithun sounded the trumpet, and played on the
cymbals, and all kinds of musical instruments to sing praises to God:
and the sons of Idithun he made porters.

16:43. And all the people returned to their houses: and David to bless
also his own house.

1 Paralipomenon Chapter 17

David's purpose to build a temple, is rewarded by most ample pr