1 Chronicles 22

English Standard Version

22 Then David said, ^(A)“Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

David Prepares for Temple Building

²David commanded to gather together the ^(B)resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he ^(C)set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God. ³David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, ^(D)as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing, ⁴and cedar timbers without number, ^(E)for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David. ⁵For David said, ^(F)“Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

Solomon Charged to Build the Temple

⁶Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel. ⁷David said to Solomon, “My son, ^(G)I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God. ⁸But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^(H)‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth. ⁹Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. ^(I)I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. ^(J)For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. ¹⁰^(K)He shall build a house for my name. ^(L)He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’

¹¹“Now, my son, ^(M)the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you. ¹²^(N)Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God. ¹³^(O)Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. ^(P)Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed. ¹⁴With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord ^(Q)100,000 talents^[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and ^(R)bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add. ¹⁵You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working ¹⁶gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! ^(S)The Lord be with you!”

¹⁷David also commanded ^(T)all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, ¹⁸“Is not the Lord your God with you? And ^(U)has he not given you peace^[b] on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and his people. ¹⁹Now ^(V)set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, ^(W)so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built ^(X)for the name of the Lord.”

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 22:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
1 Chronicles 22:18 Or rest (see 22:9)

Psalm 30

English Standard Version

Joy Comes with the Morning

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of ^(A)the temple.

30 I will ^(B)extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
    and have not let my foes ^(C)rejoice over me.
²O Lord my God, I ^(D)cried to you for help,
    and you have ^(E)healed me.
³O Lord, you have brought up my soul from ^(F)Sheol;
    you restored me to life from among those who ^(G)go down to the pit.^[a]

⁴Sing praises to the Lord, O you ^(H)his saints,
    and ^(I)give thanks to his holy name.^[b]
⁵^(J)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and ^(K)his favor is for a lifetime.^[c]
^(L)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but ^(M)joy comes with the morning.

⁶As for me, I said in my ^(N)prosperity,
    “I shall never be ^(O)moved.”
⁷By your favor, O Lord,
    you made my ^(P)mountain stand strong;
you ^(Q)hid your face;
    I was ^(R)dismayed.

⁸To you, O Lord, I cry,
    and ^(S)to the Lord I plead for mercy:
⁹“What profit is there in my death,^[d]
    if I go down to the pit?^[e]
Will ^(T)the dust praise you?
    Will it tell of your faithfulness?
¹⁰^(U)Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!
    O Lord, be my helper!”

¹¹You have turned for me my mourning into ^(V)dancing;
    you have loosed my sackcloth
    and clothed me with gladness,
¹²that my ^(W)glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
    O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!

Footnotes

Psalm 30:3 Or to life, that I should not go down to the pit
Psalm 30:4 Hebrew to the memorial of his holiness (see Exodus 3:15)
Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life
Psalm 30:9 Hebrew in my blood
Psalm 30:9 Or to corruption

Psalm 108-110

English Standard Version

With God We Shall Do Valiantly

A Song. A Psalm of David.

108 ^(A)My heart is steadfast, O God!
    I will sing and make melody with all my being!^[a]
²Awake, O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!
³I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
    I will sing praises to you among the nations.
⁴For your steadfast love is great ^(B)above the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

⁵Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
⁶^(C)That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer me!

⁷God has promised in his holiness:^[b]
    “With exultation I will divide up Shechem
    and portion out the Valley of Succoth.
⁸Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah my scepter.
⁹Moab is my washbasin;
    upon Edom I cast my shoe;
    ^(D)over Philistia I shout in triumph.”

¹⁰Who will bring me to the fortified city?
    Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹Have you not rejected us, O God?
    You do not go out, O God, with our armies.
¹²Oh grant us help against the foe,
    for vain is the salvation of man!
¹³With God we shall do valiantly;
    it is he who will tread down our foes.

Help Me, O Lord My God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

109 ^(E)Be not silent, O ^(F)God of my praise!
²For wicked and ^(G)deceitful mouths are opened against me,
    speaking against me with lying tongues.
³They encircle me with words of hate,
    and attack me ^(H)without cause.
⁴In return for my love they ^(I)accuse me,
    but I ^(J)give myself to prayer.^[c]
⁵So they ^(K)reward me evil for good,
    and hatred for my love.

⁶^(L)Appoint a wicked man ^(M)against him;
    let an accuser stand ^(N)at his right hand.
⁷When he is tried, let him come forth guilty;
    let his ^(O)prayer be counted as sin!
⁸May his ^(P)days be few;
    may ^(Q)another take his ^(R)office!
⁹May his ^(S)children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow!
¹⁰May his children ^(T)wander about and beg,
    ^(U)seeking food far from the ruins they inhabit!
¹¹May ^(V)the creditor seize all that he has;
    may ^(W)strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
¹²Let there be none to ^(X)extend kindness to him,
    nor any to ^(Y)pity his fatherless children!
¹³May his ^(Z)posterity be cut off;
    may his ^(AA)name be blotted out in the second generation!
¹⁴May ^(AB)the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
    and let not the sin of his mother be ^(AC)blotted out!
¹⁵^(AD)Let them be before the Lord continually,
    that he may ^(AE)cut off the memory of them from the earth!

¹⁶For he did not remember to show kindness,
    but pursued ^(AF)the poor and needy
    and ^(AG)the brokenhearted, to put them to death.
¹⁷^(AH)He loved to curse; let curses come^[d] upon him!
    He did not delight in blessing; may it be far^[e] from him!
¹⁸He ^(AI)clothed himself with cursing as his coat;
    may it ^(AJ)soak^[f] into his body like water,
    like oil into his bones!
¹⁹May it be like a garment that he wraps around him,
    like a belt that he puts on every day!
²⁰May this be the reward of my ^(AK)accusers from the Lord,
    of those who speak evil against my life!

²¹But you, O God my Lord,
    deal on my behalf ^(AL)for your name's sake;
    because your ^(AM)steadfast love is good, deliver me!
²²For I am ^(AN)poor and needy,
    and my heart is stricken within me.
²³I am gone like ^(AO)a shadow at evening;
    I am ^(AP)shaken off like a locust.
²⁴My knees are weak ^(AQ)through fasting;
    my ^(AR)body has become gaunt, with no fat.
²⁵I am ^(AS)an object of scorn to my accusers;
    when they see me, they ^(AT)wag their heads.

²⁶^(AU)Help me, O Lord my God!
    Save me according to your steadfast love!
²⁷Let them ^(AV)know that this is your hand;
    you, O Lord, have done it!
²⁸^(AW)Let them curse, but you will bless!
    They arise and are put to shame, but ^(AX)your servant will be glad!
²⁹May my accusers be ^(AY)clothed with dishonor;
    may they ^(AZ)be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!

³⁰With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord;
I will ^(BA)praise him in the midst of the throng.
³¹For he stands ^(BB)at the right hand of the needy one,
to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

110 ^(BC)The Lord says to my Lord:
^(BD)“Sit at my right hand,
^(BE)until I make your enemies your ^(BF)footstool.”

²The Lord sends forth ^(BG)from Zion
    ^(BH)your mighty scepter.
    ^(BI)Rule in the midst of your enemies!
³^(BJ)Your people will ^(BK)offer themselves freely
    on the day of your ^(BL)power,^[g]
    in ^(BM)holy garments;^[h]
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.^[i]
⁴^(BN)The Lord has ^(BO)sworn
    and will ^(BP)not change his mind,
^(BQ)“You are ^(BR)a priest ^(BS)forever
    after the order of ^(BT)Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at your ^(BU)right hand;
    he will ^(BV)shatter kings on ^(BW)the day of his wrath.
⁶He will ^(BX)execute judgment among the nations,
    ^(BY)filling them with corpses;
he will ^(BZ)shatter chiefs^[j]
    over the wide earth.
⁷He will ^(CA)drink from the brook by the way;
    therefore he will lift up his head.

Footnotes

Psalm 108:1 Hebrew with my glory
Psalm 108:7 Or sanctuary
Psalm 109:4 Hebrew but I am prayer
Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text curses have come
Psalm 109:17 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it is far
Psalm 109:18 Revocalization; Masoretic Text it has soaked
Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Psalm 110:6 Or the head

1 Chronicles 23

English Standard Version

David Organizes the Levites

23 ^(A)When David was old and full of days, ^(B)he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

²David^[a] assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. ³The Levites, ^(C)thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and ^(D)the total was ^(E)38,000 men. ⁴“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said,^[b] ^(F)“shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be ^(G)officers and judges, ⁵4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments ^(H)that I have made for praise.” ⁶^(I)And David organized them in divisions ^(J)corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

⁷^(K)The sons of Gershon^[c] were Ladan and Shimei. ⁸The sons of Ladan: ^(L)Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan. ¹⁰And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. ¹¹Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, therefore they became counted as a single father's house.

¹²^(M)The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³^(N)The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. ^(O)Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever should ^(P)make offerings before the Lord and ^(Q)minister to him and ^(R)pronounce blessings in his name forever. ¹⁴But the sons of Moses the ^(S)man of God were named among the ^(T)tribe of Levi. ¹⁵The ^(U)sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. ¹⁶The sons of Gershom: ^(V)Shebuel the chief. ¹⁷The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. ¹⁸The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. ¹⁹The ^(W)sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰^(X)The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.

²¹^(Y)The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and ^(Z)Kish. ²²Eleazar died ^(AA)having no sons, but only daughters; their ^(AB)kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them. ²³^(AC)The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

²⁴^(AD)These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, the heads of fathers' houses ^(AE)as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from ^(AF)twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord. ²⁵For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, ^(AG)has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever. ²⁶And so the Levites no longer need ^(AH)to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.” ²⁷For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from ^(AI)twenty years old and upward. ²⁸For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God. ²⁹Their duty was also to assist with the ^(AJ)showbread, the ^(AK)flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the ^(AL)baked offering, the ^(AM)offering mixed with oil, and all ^(AN)measures of quantity or size. ³⁰And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening, ³¹and whenever burnt offerings were offered to the Lord ^(AO)on Sabbaths, ^(AP)new moons, and feast days, ^(AQ)according to the number required of them, regularly before the Lord. ³²Thus ^(AR)they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the ^(AS)service of the house of the Lord.

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 23:2 Hebrew He
1 Chronicles 23:4 Hebrew lacks David said
1 Chronicles 23:7 Vulgate (compare Septuagint, Syriac); Hebrew to the Gershonite