1 Chronicles 16:8-22

New Catholic Bible

^8 [a]Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name;
    make his deeds known among the nations.
⁹ Sing to him, praise him with song;
    speak of all his wondrous deeds.
¹⁰ Glory in his holy name,
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
¹¹ Seek the Lord and his strength,
    seek his face continually.
¹² Remember the marvels he has done,
    his wondrous deeds and the judgments of his mouth.
¹³ O descendants of Israel, his servant,
    O children of Jacob, his chosen one.
¹⁴ He is the Lord, our God,
    his judgments extend to all the earth.
¹⁵ He always remembers his covenant,
    the word he has commanded for a thousand generations,
¹⁶ which he made with Abraham,
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁷ He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
    to Israel as an eternal covenant,
¹⁸ saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan;
it will be your allotted inheritance.”
¹⁹ When there were only a few of them,
    few indeed, with foreigners among them,
²⁰ they wandered from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people.
²¹ He did not let anyone oppress them,
    for their sake he rebuked kings,
²² “Do not touch my anointed;
    do no harm to my prophets.”