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1 Chronicles 16:31-43 English Standard Version (ESV)

31. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,and let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!”

32. Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;let the field exult, and everything in it!

33. Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joybefore the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth.

34. Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;for his steadfast love endures forever!

35. Say also:“Save us, O God of our salvation,and gather and deliver us from among the nations,that we may give thanks to your holy nameand glory in your praise.

36. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,from everlasting to everlasting!” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.

37. So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,

38. and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

39. And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon

40. to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering regularly morning and evening, to do all that is written in the Law of the Lord that he commanded Israel.

41. With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.

42. Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

43. Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.