David’s song of praise

7 On that day, David gave to Asaph and his helpers this psalm to praise Yahweh:

8 Thank God, and pray to him [MTY].

Tell the people of all nations what he has done.

9 Sing to him; sing songs to praise him.

Tell about all his miraculous deeds.

10 Be glad that you belong to him [MTY];

those who want to know Yahweh better should rejoice.

11 Trust in Yahweh and in his power;

continually seek to get help from him.

12 Do not forget the wonderful things that he has done,

the miracles and the just laws that he has given to us.

13 We people are the descendants of his servant Jacob;

we are the people of Israel whom he has chosen.

14 Yahweh is our God.

His just/fair laws are known by people throughout the world.

15 He never forgets the agreement that he has made:

he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations.

16 That is the agreement that he made with Abraham,

and he repeated that agreement to Isaac.

17 It was an agreement for the Israeli people,

and he wanted that agreement to endure forever.

18 What he said was, “I will give the Canaan region to you,

to belong to you and your descendants forever.”

19 He said that to them when there were only a few of them,

a tiny group of people who were living in that land ◄like strangers/that belonged to other people►;

20 they continued to wander from one place to another,

from one kingdom to another.

21 But he did not allow others to oppress them,

and he warned kings by saying to them,

22 “Do not harm the people whom I have chosen!

Do not harm my prophets!”

23 You people throughout the world, sing to Yahweh.

Every day proclaim to others that he has saved us.

24 Tell the people of the nations that he is great;

tell all the people-groups the marvelous things that he has done.

25 Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much.

He should be revered more than all the gods,

26 because all the gods that the other people-groups worship are only idols,

but Yahweh is truly great; he created the skies.

27 He is glorious and majestic;

his power and joy fill his Sacred Tent.

28 You people in nations all over the world, praise Yahweh!

Praise Yahweh for his glorious power [HEN]!

29 Praise Yahweh like he [MTY] deserves to be praised.

Bring an offering and come to his Sacred Tent.

Worship Yahweh because he is holy.

30 Everyone on the earth should tremble in front of Yahweh.

He put the earth firmly in its place; and nothing ever will be able to move/shake it.

31 Everything in the sky and on the earth should be happy.

People everywhere should say, “Yahweh is our king!”

32 The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should shout to praise him;

the fields and everything that is in them should rejoice.

33 When they do that, it will be as though the trees in the forest will sing joyfully in front of Yahweh.

That will happen when he comes to judge everyone on [MTY] the earth.

34 Thank Yahweh, because everything that he does is good.

He faithfully loves us forever.

35 Say to him, “God, you are the one who rescues us,

so gather us together and save us from the armies of other nations.

When you do that, we will thank you [MTY],

and we will be happy to praise you.”

36 Praise Yahweh, the God of us Israeli people,

He has always existed, and he will exist forever.

After the people finished singing that song, they all said, “◄Amen/May it be so►!”, and they praised Yahweh.