1 Chronicles 16:34-36

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!”

[16:34]  ¹ tn Or “is eternal.”

[16:35]  ² tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[16:35]  ³ tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.

[16:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”

[16:36]  ³ tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”

[16:36]  ⁴ tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”