8-19 Thank God! Call out his Name!
    Tell the whole world who he is and what he’s done!
Sing to him! Play songs for him!
    Broadcast all his wonders!
Revel in his holy Name,
    God-seekers, be jubilant!
Study God and his strength,
    seek his presence day and night;
Remember all the wonders he performed,
    the miracles and judgments that came out of his mouth.
Seed of Israel his servant!
    Children of Jacob, his first choice!
He is God, our God;
    wherever you go you come on his judgments and decisions.
He keeps his commitments across thousands
    of generations, the covenant he commanded,
The same one he made with Abraham,
    the very one he swore to Isaac;
He posted it in big block letters to Jacob,
    this eternal covenant with Israel:
“I give you the land of Canaan,
    this is your inheritance;
Even though you’re not much to look at,
    a few straggling strangers.”

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Give praise(A) to the Lord, proclaim his name;
    make known among the nations(B) what he has done.
Sing to him, sing praise(C) to him;
    tell of all his wonderful acts.
10 Glory in his holy name;(D)
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
11 Look to the Lord and his strength;
    seek(E) his face always.

12 Remember(F) the wonders(G) he has done,
    his miracles,(H) and the judgments he pronounced,
13 you his servants, the descendants of Israel,
    his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
14 He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments(I) are in all the earth.

15 He remembers[a](J) his covenant forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
16 the covenant(K) he made with Abraham,
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
17 He confirmed it to Jacob(L) as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
18 “To you I will give the land of Canaan(M)
    as the portion you will inherit.”

19 When they were but few in number,(N)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:15 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Psalm 105:8); Hebrew Remember