A Hymn of Thanksgiving

I Chronicles 16:30–43
» View this passage in NIV (Bible Gateway)

“History knows them as the forty martyrs of Sebaste. They were soldiers in the imperial army, One day the Emperor Licinius sent down an edict commanding all soldiers to offer a sacrifice to his pagan god. Forty of the soldiers were followers of Christ, and they refused. &quo … More

Worship

This passage is a hymn of thanksgiving compiled from passages of several psalms. David must have taken parts from his earlier poetry and woven them together with this hymn. He says: 

      1.   Let the world tremble but it cannot be shaken. (v. 30)

      2.   Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice because the Lord reigns. (v. 31)

      3.   Let the sea shout His praise and the crops burst with joy. (v. 32)

      4.   Let the trees sing for joy because He is coming to judge the earth. (v.33)

      5.   Give thanks to the Lord for His goodness and faithfulness endures forever. (v. 34)

      6.   Cry out to the Lord to save us and rescue us from the nations. (v. 35)

      7.   Praise the Lord God of Israel who lives forever and others will praise Him. (v. 36) 

David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to take care of the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant; doing whatever needed to be done (v. 37). This group included Obed-edom, Hosah, and 68 other Levites as gatekeepers. David stationed Zadok the priest at the Tabernacle of the Lord in Gibeon.

Application

May God be the Alpha and Omega of my praise for Him. David began by giving thanks to the Lord, he concluded with blessed be the Lord. 

I Chronicles 16:30-43 (English Standard Version)


Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to parse RSS file. (Space required at line 39, column 24) in /var/www/html/familytimes/includes/magpie6-1/rss_fetch.inc on line 230

Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /var/www/html/familytimes/includes/rss/esvLookup.php on line 15

View this passage in NIV (Bible Gateway) »

More I Chronicles commentaries

I Chronicles 13:1-14
David Attempts to Move The Ark

I Chronicles 14:1-17
David Conquers The Philistines

I Chronicles 15:1-29
Moving The Ark to Jerusalem

I Chronicles 16:1-6
David Establishes Worship

I Chronicles 16:7-22
David’s Song of Thanksgiving

I Chronicles 16:23-29
Worship at Jerusalem And Gibeon

I Chronicles 16:30-43
A Hymn of Thanksgiving

I Chronicles 17:1-15
The Lord’s Covenant Promise to David

I Chronicles 17:16-27
David’s Prayer of Thanks

I Chronicles 18:1-17
David’s Military Victories

I Chronicles 19:1-19
David Defeats The Ammonites