Meaning, commentary and cross references
1 Chronicles 16:34
“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever!”In other translations
KJV · King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
NIV · New International Version
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.
WEB · World English Bible
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
What does 1 Chronicles 16:34 mean?
Matthew Henry · Commentary on the Whole Bible, on 1 Chronicles 16:7–36
Let us glorify him by our thanksgivings (Give thanks to the Lord), by our prayers (Call on his name, Ch1 16:8), by our songs (Sing psalms unto him), by our discourse - Talk of all his wondrous works, Ch1 16:9. Let us glorify him as a great God, and greatly to be praised (Ch1 16:25), as supreme God (above all gods), as sole God, for all others are idols, Ch1 16:26. Let us glorify him as most bright and blessed in himself (Glory and honour are in his presence, Ch1 16:27), as creator (The Lord made the heavens), as the ruler of the whole creation (His judgments are in all the earth, Ch1 16:14), and as ours - He is the Lord our God. Thus must we give unto the Lord the glory due to his name (Ch1…
Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (1706–21; Romans–Revelation completed by Nonconformist ministers). Public domain. Digital text: Free Use Bible API (bible.helloao.org).
Context: 1 Chronicles 16:31–37 (WEB)
31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!” 32Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it! 33Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. 34Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever. 35Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.” 36Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD. 37So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;
Cross references
- Psalms 106:1
- 2 Chronicles 7:3
All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the LORD’s glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, worshiped, and gave thanks to the LORD, saying, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!”
- Ezra 3:11
They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.
- Psalms 107:1
- Psalms 136:1–26
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!” then the house was filled with a cloud, even the LORD’s house,
- Jeremiah 33:11
the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Armies, for the LORD is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into the LORD’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed as at the first,” says the LORD.
- Psalms 118:1