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1 Chronicles 16:35-37
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35 Say this prayer:[a] “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!
Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!
Then we will give thanks[b] to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.”[c]
36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,
in the future and forevermore.[d]
Then all the people said, “We agree![e] Praise the Lord.”

David Appoints Worship Leaders

37 David[f] left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements,[g]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:35 tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:35 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
  3. 1 Chronicles 16:35 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 16:36 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 16:36 tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (ʾamen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 16:37 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  7. 1 Chronicles 16:37 tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”
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