1 Chronicles 16:34

1Ch 16:34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

Ver. 34. O give thanks to the Lord.] See on Psa 107:1.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

1Ch_16:34

O give thanks unto the Lord.

Thanksgiving due to God for His goodness

I. Instances of the loving-kindness and mercy of God.

1. The unfolding of a plan of salvation for sinners through His well-beloved Son.

2. The furnishing so fully of the means necessary to salvation.

(1) Birth in a Christian land.

(2) The Bible.

(3) Preaching of the gospel.

3. Temporal blessings.

II. The thanks-giving that is due.

III. This goodness ought to lead us to repentance. We ought to improve both the temporal and spiritual privileges we enjoy to the promotion of His glory. (Alex. Davidson.)

The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

(34) O give thanks unto the Lord . . .—Several of the later psalms begin with this beautiful liturgic formula. (See Psalms 106; Psalms 107, 118, 136.; and comp. Jer_33:11.) The ode thus concludes with the thought from which it started (1Ch_16:8).

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

34–36 (= Psa_106:1; Psa_106:47-48)

34. his mercy endureth for ever] Cp. Exo_20:6, “shewing mercy unto a thousand generations of them that Jove me” (R.V. mg.).

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Vers. 34-36. These verses, from the first, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth of Psalm 106, must have suggested the sad intermediate contents of that psalm, the significant key-note of which is sounded in our thirty-fifth verse. The suggestion in the midst of the unbounded gladness of this day is affecting, and must have been intended for salutary lesson and timely warning. In the midst of the fulness of praise and joy, the people are led to prayer say ye and the prayer is a humble petition for salvation, union, and protection from every enemy. God"s treatment of his anointed people had been on his part one continued protection and one prolonged salvation. Yet they had often neither prayed for these nor acknowledged them. Now they are led again by the hand, as it were, to the footstool of the throne.

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for his covenant faithfulness endures forever

The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be stated as "faithfully" or "faithful." AT: "for he faithfully loves us forever" or "for he is faithful to his covenant forever" (See: Abstract Nouns)

from the other nations

Here "the other nations" represents the people in those nations. AT: "from the people of other nations" or "from the armies of other nations" (See: Metonymy)

give thanks to your holy name

Here Yahweh is referred to by his "holy name." AT: "give thanks to you" or "give thanks to Yahweh" (See: Metonymy)

translationWords

good

covenant faithfulness

endure

eternity

God

save

name

glory

praise

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good, for His loving-kindness exists forever This verse (34) is not a conclusion of the Psalm (96) but [a continuation] of Psalm (105): “Give thanks to the Lord, call out in His Name.” The verse (35): “And say, save us, etc.” is from the Psalm (106). And this Psalm (106) commences with this verse (in Chron.). Now is it appropriate here, “And say, etc. and save us from the nations,” for when were they exiled in David’s time, that he should say, “and save us from among the nations”? And this is the arrangement in Psalms. Psalm (105) commences: “Give thanks to the Lord, call out in His name,” and it concludes only with “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, etc.” until “Amen! Hallelujah,” for it is all one topic, but because it is a long psalm, it was divided, and it commences, “Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.” Similarly, Job, when he had to lengthen his reply, he shortened it and divided it in two, and it says, (Job 29:1): “And Job again took up his parable,” for in song, because of his ecstasies of joy, he could not speak at length; so he divided it in two. And so, in the matter of lamentation, because of his intense pain he could not speak at length, and he divided it in two, because both song and lamentation are uttered similarly. When Hannah came to pray in the forecourt, Eli thought her to be a drunken woman, because he thought that she acted in that manner because of wine, but she said, (I Sam. 1:15f.): “... and neither new wine nor old wine have I drunk, etc., for out of the abundance of my complaint and my vexation....” From here we learn that drunken people and those suffering from pain behave in the same manner.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.