Sing to the LORD, All the Earth (1 Chronicles 16:23–36)
1 UST Sing to Yahweh a new song! All you people throughout the earth, sing to Yahweh! BSB BSB: Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2 UST Sing to Yahweh and praise him! Every day proclaim to others that he has saved us. BSB BSB: Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.
3 UST Tell about how glorious he is to all people groups; tell all peoples everywhere the marvelous things that he has done. BSB BSB: Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
4 UST Do this because Yahweh is great, and he deserves very much for people to praise him; people should revere him more than all other gods. BSB BSB: For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
5 UST This is true because all of the gods that the other peoples worship are only idols, but it is Yahweh who made the heavens! BSB BSB: For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
6 UST Yahweh is magnificent and majestic. His holy house shows how strong and beautiful he is. BSB BSB: Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
7 UST You peoples in nations all over the earth, Proclaim that Yahweh is the one who is truly glorious and strong! BSB BSB: Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8 UST Praise Yahweh as he deserves for us to praise him; bring an offering and come to his temple. BSB BSB: Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
9 UST Bow down before Yahweh because he is marvelously holy. Everyone on earth should tremble because of who he is. BSB BSB: Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.
10 UST Say to{ all} the people groups,“Yahweh is the king!” He put the world in its place, and nothing will ever be able to move it. He judges{ all} the peoples fairly. BSB BSB: Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
11 UST All the beings that are in the heavens should be glad, and all the people on the earth should rejoice. The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should roar{ to praise Yahweh}. BSB BSB: Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
12 UST Let it be as though the fields and everything that is in them are rejoicing. Then let it be as though all the trees in the forests are singing joyfully BSB BSB: Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy
13 UST in front of Yahweh. They should do this because he is coming to judge everyone on the earth, and this is certain. He will judge all the people fairly according to what he knows is true. BSB BSB: before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
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