Verse 8
1 Chronicles 16:8
Bible in Basic English
8
O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הוֹד֤וּ לַֽ/יהוָה֙ קִרְא֣וּ בִ/שְׁמ֔/וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָ/עַמִּ֖ים עֲלִילֹתָֽי/ו
English Translation
Give thanks to the Lord; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples.
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Chapter 16 Context
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Then they took in the ark of God (Elohim) and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it;...
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And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the pe...
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And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dr...
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And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord...
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Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and E...
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And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of...
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Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brother...
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O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
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Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
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10
Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
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11
Let your search be for the Lord and for his strength; let your hearts ever be turned to him.
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12
Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;
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O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
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He is the Lord our God (Elohim): he is judge of all the earth.
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He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
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The agreement which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;
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And he gave it to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an eternal agreement;
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Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the measured line of your heritage:
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When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;
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When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;
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He would not let anyone do them wrong; he even kept back kings because of them,
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Saying, Put not your hand on those who have been marked with my holy oil, and do my prophets no wron...
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23
Make songs to the Lord, all the earth; give the good news of his salvation day by day.
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24
Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
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For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and he is more to be feared than all other gods.
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For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.
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Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.
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Give to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength.
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Give to the Lord the glory of his name; take with you an offering and come before him; give worship...
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Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.
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Let the heavens have joy and let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, The Lord is King...
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Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;
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Then let all the trees of the wood be sounding with joy before the Lord, for he is come to be the ju...
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O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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35
And say, Be our saviour, O God (Elohim) of our salvation, and let us come back, and give us salvatio...
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Praise be to the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, for ever and for ever. And all the people said, S...
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So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lor...
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And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-...
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And Zadok the priest, with his brothers the priests, before the House of the Lord in the high place...
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To give burned offerings to the Lord on the altar of burned offerings morning and evening, every day...
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And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were marked out by name to give praise to the Lor...
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And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for...
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And all the people went away, every man to his house; and David went back to give a blessing to his...
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