1 Chronicles 16:7-36

International Standard Version

⁸ Give thanks to the Lord,
    calling on his name.
        Make what he has done known among the people.
⁹ Sing to him,
    sing psalms to him,
        and think^[c] about all of his miraculous deeds.
¹⁰ Find joy in his holy name;
    let the hearts of those who keep on seeking the Lord rejoice.
¹¹ Seek the Lord and his strength.
    Always look to him.^[d]
12 Keep remembering the awesome deeds that he has done,
    along with his miracles
        and the rulings that he has handed down,
¹³ you descendants of his servant Israel,
    you descendants of Jacob,
        the ones he has chosen.

¹⁴ He is the Lord our God.
    His justice is in all of the land.
¹⁵ Remember his covenant forever,
    his promise that he made to the thousandth generation,
¹⁶ the covenant^[e] that he made with Abraham,
    and the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁷ He confirmed it to Jacob in the form of an ordinance,
    an eternal covenant to Israel,
¹⁸ when he told Israel,
    “To you I will give the land of Canaan
        as your joyful inheritance.”^[f]

¹⁹ When you were few in number—
    very few, and strangers at that—
²⁰ wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another,
²¹ he did not let anyone wrong them.
    He warned kings on their behalf,
²² “Don’t touch my chosen ones,
    and don’t hurt my prophets!”

²³ Let all the earth sing to the Lord!
    Day after day proclaim his deliverance!^[g]
24 Declare his glory among the nations,
    and his miraculous deeds to all people,
²⁵ because the Lord is great,
    and he is praised greatly!
        He is feared above every god.
²⁶ For all of the gods of the other^[h] nations are mere^[i] idols,
    but the Lord fashioned the heavens!
²⁷ Splendor and majesty surround him,
    and strength and joy fill his palace.^[j]

²⁸ Let the families of earth recognize the Lord—
    that he is glorious and powerful.
²⁹ Recognize the glory that is due the Lord!
    Bring your offering,
and come into his presence,
    worshiping the Lord in all of his holy splendor.
³⁰ Tremble in his presence, all the earth!
    Surely the inhabited world^[k] stands firm—
        it cannot be moved.

³¹ Let the heavens rejoice,
    and the earth be glad!
Say to the nations,
    “The Lord reigns!”
³² Let the sea roar
    along with everything that fills it!
Let the fields exult,
    along with everything in them!
³³ Then let the trees in the forest sing out in praise,
    for the Lord is coming to judge the world.

³⁴ Give thanks to the Lord,
    because he is good
        and because his gracious love is eternal!
³⁵ Call out,^[l] “Save us, God, you who delivers us!
    Gather us and rescue us from the nations!”
We will thank your holy name
    and rejoice as we praise you!
³⁶ Praise the Lord God of Israel,
    who lives from eternity to eternity!