1 Chronicles 16:31-36

Context

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 thanks⁴ 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!”

[16:31] ¹tn Heb “let them say among the nations.”

[16:34] ²tn Or “is eternal.”

[16:35] ³tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[16:35] ⁴tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.

[16:35] ⁵tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”

[16:36] ⁶tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[16:36] ⁷tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”