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1 Chronicles 16:26-43 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

26. For the gods of the nations all do nothing,but the Lord made the heavens.

27. Splendor and majesty go before him;power and rejoicing are in his holy place.

28. Give to the Lord, you families of nations,give to the Lord glory and might;

29. Give to the Lord the glory due his name!Bring gifts, and come before him;bow down to the Lord, splendid in holiness.

30. Tremble before him, all the earth;the world will surely stand fast, never to be moved.

31. Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;let them say among the nations: The Lord is king.

32. Let the sea and what fills it resound;let the plains be joyful and all that is in them!

33. Then let all the trees of the forest exultbefore the Lord, who comes,who comes to rule the earth.

34. Give thanks to the Lord, who is good,whose love endures forever;

35. And say, “Save us, O God, our savior,gather us and deliver us from among the nations,That we may give thanks to your holy nameand glory in praising you.”

36. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,from everlasting to everlasting!Let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah.

37. Then David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister before the ark regularly according to the daily ritual;

38. he also left there Obed-edom and sixty-eight of his brothers, including Obed-edom, son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be gatekeepers.

39. But the priest Zadok and his priestly brothers he left before the tabernacle of the Lord on the high place at Gibeon,

40. to make burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar for burnt offerings regularly, morning and evening, and to do all that is written in the law of the Lord which he commanded Israel.

41. With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the others who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord, “whose love endures forever,”

42. with trumpets and cymbals for accompaniment, and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun kept the gate.

43. Then all the people departed, each to their own homes, and David returned to bless his household.

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