Make Una Thank Di Lord

Cymbals sound. Harps ring. Two priests lift silver trumpet reach dia mouth. And thousands of voices sing together: make una thank Di Lord, because e good.

David don become king over all Israel, and e don make Jerusalem im capital. But something still dey miss. Di ark of di covenant, di box wey dem cover with gold, wey show say God dey among im people, don stay for one village for years. Now, at last, David don carry am come up to Jerusalem with singing and dancing. E don pitch one special tent for am. Dem carry di ark enter inside and put am for im place. Dem make burnt offerings and peace offerings for God front. Di journey don finish. And David don plan wetin go happen next.

First, David bless di people for di name of Di Lord. Then e do something wey every pikin for dat crowd go remember. E give food to every single person for Israel, men and women together. One loaf of bread, one good portion of meat, and one cake of raisins for each person. Imagine di happy noise as dem dey share di food, family by family, until everybody get enough. Dis no be only religious ceremony. Na feast. God presence among im people na reason to celebrate, and di king make sure say nobody go house with hunger.

Next, David choose some of di Levites to serve for di ark front. Dia work na to remember, to give thanks, and to praise Di Lord, di God of Israel. Asaph na di chief, and e dey play di cymbals. Under am na Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth and others, wey dey play harp and lyre. Two priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, go dey blow trumpet regularly for di ark front. Before dis time, worship for Israel na mostly sacrifice. Now David dey turn am to music. Musicians wey get dia own role and dia own time, wey dey lead God people for song, day after day.

And for dat day, David give Asaph and im people one psalm of thanks. Listen to some of am. Make una thank Di Lord. Call on im name. Make di nations know wetin e don do. Sing give am, sing praise give am. Tell about all im wonderful works. Remember di marvellous things wey e don do. Then di song open reach di whole world. Sing to Di Lord, all di earth. Make heaven dey glad, make di earth rejoice. Make di sea roar. Make di fields dey happy. Make di trees for di forest sing with joy for Di Lord front. And e end with di words wey dey run through Israel worship like heartbeat. Make una thank Di Lord, because e good, because im mercy no dey ever finish. And all di people talk: Amen. And dem praise Di Lord. Then David leave Asaph and im brothers to dey serve for di ark front all di time, as every day demand, and everybody go house, and David go house to bless im own family.

If David song sound like something wey you don hear before, na because some parts of am dey for di book of Psalms too. Im first half match di beginning of Psalm one hundred and five. Im middle match Psalm ninety-six. And im ending echo di beginning and di end of Psalm one hundred and six. Dem still remember Asaph imself for there. Twelve psalms carry im name for dia titles: Psalm fifty, and Psalm seventy-three reach eighty-three.

Make una thank Di Lord. You go find dis story for First Chronicles, chapter sixteen. One king wey feed im people, one choir with cymbal and harp and trumpet, and one song wey invite even di trees and di sea make dem join. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Wetin be one thing wey God don do wey you fit tell somebody about, or sing about, dis week?