1 Chronicles 16:31 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let {men} say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.”

1 Chronicles 16:31

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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.

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

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let {men} say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that {is} therein.

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

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1 Chronicles 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."

1 Chronicles 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."

1 Chronicles 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}."

1 Chronicles 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:"

1 Chronicles 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; {with psalteries...: Heb. with instruments of psalteries and harps}"

1 Chronicles 16:6

"Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God."

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