1 Chronicles 16:35
in 1 Chronicles 16Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.
KJV
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 16
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd say ye, save us, O God of our salvation,.... The author of temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation; the words are a direction to the singers, and those that sung with them, to express the prayer and doxology in the next verse, which both are the same with Psa 106:
This site's exposition
Save us, O God of our salvation
on 1 Chronicles 16:35-36
The psalm's closing couplet, save us and gather us from the heathen, matches Ps 106:47-48 almost exactly, the doxology that closes the Psalter's fourth book. Wesley reads David composing this closing prayer by the spirit of prophecy for a future Israel scattered among the nations, words fitted for an exile still centuries away. All the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD gives the congregation its answering voice to the psalm David handed Asaph, the same Amen that seals Ps 106 in its own place in the Psalter.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
From the Heathen - This psalm or prayer was made by David for the use of the church, not only in that present time, but in future ages, in which David foresaw by the spirit of prophecy, the Israelites would forsake God, and for their apostacy be dispersed among the Heathens. In the midst of our praises, we must not forget to pray for those servants of God that are in distress.
When we are rejoicing in God's favours to us we must remember our afflicted brethren, and pray for their salvation and deliverance as our own. We are members one of another; and therefore when we mean, "Lord, save them, " it is not improper to say, "Lord, save us. " Lastly, Let us make God the Alpha and Omega of our praises.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Save us, O God of our salvation - As he is the saving God, so we may pray to him to save us. To pray to God under the attribute the influence of which we need, serves to inspire much confidence. I am weak; Almighty God, help me! I am ignorant; O thou Father of lights, teach me! I am lost; O merciful God, save me; etc. See the notes on Psa 96:1-13 (note) and Psalm 105 (note).
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִמְר֕וּ | veimru | and say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הוֹשִׁיעֵ֙נוּ֙ | hoshienu | save us | H3467 → | 206 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | O God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׁעֵ֔נוּ | yishenu | salvation our | H3468 → | |
| וְקַבְּצֵ֥נוּ | vekabetzenu | and gather us | H6908 → | 127 times |
| וְהַצִּילֵ֖נוּ | vehatzilenu | and deliver us | H5337 → | |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַגּוֹיִ֑ם | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| לְהֹדוֹת֙ | lehodot | to give thanks | H3034 → | 114 times |
| לְשֵׁ֣ם | leshem | to [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| קָדְשֶׁ֔ךָ | kodshecha | holiness your | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַ | lehishtabeach | to boast | H7623 → | |
| בִּתְהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃ | bithilatekha | in praise your | H8416 → |
וְאִמְר֕וּand say
veimruH559 →5305 times
הוֹשִׁיעֵ֙נוּ֙save us
hoshienuH3467 →206 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣יO God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׁעֵ֔נוּsalvation our
yishenuH3468 →
וְקַבְּצֵ֥נוּand gather us
vekabetzenuH6908 →127 times
וְהַצִּילֵ֖נוּand deliver us
vehatzilenuH5337 →
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַגּוֹיִ֑םthe nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
לְהֹדוֹת֙to give thanks
lehodotH3034 →114 times
לְשֵׁ֣םto [the] name of
leshemH8034 →864 times
קָדְשֶׁ֔ךָholiness your
kodshechaH6944 →469 times
לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּ֖חַto boast
lehishtabeachH7623 →
בִּתְהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃in praise your
bithilatekhaH8416 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
it leads to
- Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- Revelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Isaiah 61:6
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
- Revelation 5:10
Through
1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Ephesians 2:20–22
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.