1 Chronicles 16:8-22

Good News Translation

A Song of Praise^(A)

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 judgments 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 forever,
¹⁶    ^(B)the covenant he made with Abraham,
    the promise he made to Isaac.
¹⁷^(C)The Lord made a covenant with Jacob,
    one that will last forever.
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^(D)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.”