Text -- 1 Chronicles 16:7-36 (NET)

David Thanks God

16:7 That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord: 16:8 Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! 16:9 Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! 16:10 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! 16:11 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! 16:12 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, 16:13 O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones! 16:14 He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 16:15 Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations– 16:16 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 16:17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, 16:18 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” 16:19 When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it, 16:20 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. 16:21 He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake, 16:22 saying, “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Don’t harm my prophets!” 16:23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Announce every day how he delivers! 16:24 Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds! 16:25 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods. 16:26 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens. 16:27 Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy. 16:28 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength! 16:29 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire! 16:30 Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved. 16:31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, ‘The Lord reigns!’ 16:32 Let the sea and everything in it shout! Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! 16:33 Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth! 16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures. 16:35 Say this prayer: “Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised, in the future and forevermore. Then all the people said, “We agree! Praise the Lord!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:11

¹ tn Heb “face.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:12

¹ tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:13

¹ tn Heb “seed.”

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:14

¹ tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:15

¹ tn The Hebrew text has a masculine plural imperative, addressed to the people. Some LXX mss harmonize the wording here to Ps 105:8, which has זָכַר (zakhar), the perfect third masculine singular form of the verb, “He (the Lord) remembers” (so NIV; NEB reads “He called to mind his covenant”).

² tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 16-18 make clear.

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:16

¹ tn Heb “which.”

² tn Heb “his oath to Isaac.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:17

¹ tn Or “eternal covenant.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:20

¹ tn Heb “and from a kingdom to another nation.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:22

¹ tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:23

¹ tn Heb “from day to day.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:24

¹ tn The verb “tell” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:25

¹ tn Or “feared above.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:26

¹ tn The Hebrew word אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement. Many modern English translations render this term as “idols” here.

² tn Or “the sky” (also in v. 31). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:27

¹ tn Heb “majesty and splendor [are] before him.”

² tn Heb “strength and joy [are] in his place.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:29

¹ tn Heb “the splendor of [i.e., due] his name.”

² tn Or “in holy splendor.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:31

¹ tn Heb “let them say among the nations.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:34

¹ tn Or “is eternal.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:35

¹ tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.

³ tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 16:36

¹ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

² tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”