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34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures.[a]
35 Say this prayer:[b] “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!
Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!
Then we will give thanks[c] to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.”[d]
36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,
in the future and forevermore.[e]
Then all the people said, “We agree![f] Praise the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:34 tn Or “is eternal.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:35 tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
  3. 1 Chronicles 16:35 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
  4. 1 Chronicles 16:35 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 16:36 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 16:36 tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (ʾamen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”