16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures. 1
16:35 Say this prayer: 2 “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!
Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!
Then we will give thanks 3 to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 4
16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,
in the future and forevermore. 5
Then all the people said, “We agree! 6 Praise the Lord!”
1 tn Or “is eternal.”
2 tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
4 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”
3 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”
4 tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”