1 Chronicles 16:8–36

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.”

²³Sing to the Lord, all the world!

Proclaim every day the good news that he has saved us.

²⁴Proclaim his glory to the nations,

his mighty deeds to all peoples.

²⁵The Lord is great and is to be highly praised;

he is to be honoured more than all the gods.

²⁶The gods of all other nations are only idols,

but the Lord created the heavens.

²⁷Glory and majesty surround him,

power and joy fill his Temple.

²⁸Praise the Lord, all people on earth,

praise his glory and might.

²⁹Praise the Lord’s glorious name;

bring an offering and come into his Temple.

Bow down before the Holy One when he appears;^s

³⁰tremble before him, all the earth!

The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved.

³¹Be glad, earth and sky!

Tell the nations that the Lord is king.

³²Roar, sea, and every creature in you;

be glad, fields, and everything in you!

³³The trees in the woods will shout for joy

when the Lord comes to rule the earth.

^34*Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good;

his love is eternal.

³⁵Say to him, “Save us, O God our Saviour;

gather us together; rescue us from the nations,

so that we may be thankful

and praise your holy name.”

³⁶Praise the Lord, the God of Israel!

Praise him now and for ever!

Then all the people said, “Amen”, and praised the Lord.