1 Chronicles 16:23-43

Common English Bible

²³Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
    Share the news of his saving work every single day!
²⁴Declare God’s glory among the nations;
    declare his wondrous works among all people
²⁵        because the Lord is great and so worthy of praise.
He is awesome beyond all other gods
²⁶    because all the gods of the nations are just idols,
        but it is the Lord who created heaven!
²⁷Greatness and grandeur are in front of him;
    strength and joy are in his place.
²⁸Give to the Lord, all families of the nations—
    give to the Lord glory and power!
²⁹    Give to the Lord the glory due his name!
        Bring gifts! Enter his presence!
        Bow down to the Lord
        in his holy splendor!
³⁰Tremble before him, all the earth!
    Yes, he set the world firmly in place;^[a]
    it won’t be shaken.
³¹Let heaven celebrate!
    Let the earth rejoice!
    Let the nations say, “The Lord rules!”
³²Let the sea and everything in it roar!
    Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate!
³³Then the trees of the forest will shout out joyfully
    before the Lord, because he is coming
    to establish justice on earth!
³⁴Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,
    because his faithful love endures forever.
³⁵Say: “Save us, God, our savior!
    Gather us! Deliver us from among the nations
        so we can give thanks to your holy name
        and rejoice in your praise.”
³⁶Bless the Lord, Israel’s God,
    from forever in the past to forever always.
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
    Praise the Lord!

³⁷Then David placed Asaph and his relatives, together with Obed-edom and sixty-eight of his relatives, to minister there continually before the chest containing the Lord’s covenant, following the routines required on each day. ³⁸Obed-edom, Jeduthun’s son, and Hosah served as gatekeepers. ³⁹David also placed the priest Zadok and his other priestly relatives at the Lord’s dwelling at the shrine in Gibeon. ⁴⁰They were to offer continually, both morning and evening, entirely burned offerings to the Lord on the altar for entirely burned offerings, following the written requirements in the Lord’s Instruction, which he had given Israel. ⁴¹With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen by name to give thanks to the Lord, because his faithful love lasts forever. ⁴²With them were also^[b] the trumpets and the cymbals for the musicians and the instruments for God’s songs. Jeduthun’s family was at the gate. ⁴³Then all of the people left for their homes. And David returned to bless his household.