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1 Chronicles 16:31 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 16 · verse 31
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.1 Chronicles 16:31 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:31 in context
29Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
30Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
33Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- reignethmâlakto reignH4427 →
- heavensshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- rejoicegîylproperly, to spin roundH1523 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- earthʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- gladsâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
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We have here the thanksgiving psalm which David, by the Spirit, composed, and delivered to the chief musician, to be sung upon occasion of the public entry the ark made into the tent prepared for it. Some think he appointed this hymn to be daily used in the temple service, as duly as the day came;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-36