16:31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy!
Let the nations say, 1 ‘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. 2
16:35 Say this prayer: 3 “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!
Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!
Then we will give thanks 4 to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 5
16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,
in the future and forevermore. 6
Then all the people said, “We agree! 7 Praise the Lord!”
1 tn Heb “let them say among the nations.”
2 tn Or “is eternal.”
3 tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
5 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”
6 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”
7 tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”