1 Chronicles 16:8–22

A Song of Praise

⁸Give thanks to the Lord, proclaim his greatness;

tell the nations what he has done.

⁹Sing praise to the Lord;

tell the wonderful things he has done.

¹⁰Be glad that we belong to him;

let all who worship him rejoice!

¹¹Go to the Lord for help,

and worship him continually.

^12–13You descendants of Jacob, God’s servant,

descendants of Israel, whom God chose,

remember the miracles that God performed

and the judgements that he gave.

¹⁴The Lord is our God;

his commands are for all the world.

¹⁵Never forget God’s covenant,

which he made to last for ever,

^16*the covenant he made with Abraham,

the promise he made to Isaac.

^17*The Lord made a covenant with Jacob,

one that will last for ever.

^18*“I will give you the land of Canaan,” he said.

“It will be your own possession.”

¹⁹God’s people were few in number,

strangers in the land of Canaan.

²⁰They wandered from country to country,

from one kingdom to another.

^21*But God let no one oppress them;

to protect them, he warned the kings:

^22*“Don’t harm my chosen servants;

do not touch my prophets.”