Common English Bible

1 Chronicles 16:24-38 Common English Bible (CEB)

24. Declare 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!

27. Greatness and grandeur are in front of him;strength and joy are in his place.

28. Give 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 Lordin his holy splendor!

30. Tremble before him, all the earth!Yes, he set the world firmly in place;it won’t be shaken.

31. Let heaven celebrate!Let the earth rejoice!Let the nations say, "The Lord rules!"

32. Let the sea and everything in it roar!Let the countryside and everything in it celebrate!

33. Then the trees of the forest will shout out joyfullybefore the Lord, because he is comingto establish justice on earth!

34. Give thanks to the Lord because he is good,because his faithful love endures forever.

35. Say: "Save us, God, our savior!Gather us! Deliver us from among the nationsso we can give thanks to your holy nameand rejoice in your praise."

36. Bless the Lord, Israel’s God,from forever in the past to forever always.And let all the people say, "Amen!"Praise the Lord!

37. Then 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.

38. Obed-edom, Jeduthun’s son, and Hosah served as gatekeepers.