¹³O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. =13.= _of Israel_] Psalms cv. 6, _of Abraham_. ¹⁴He is the LORD our God: His judgements are in all the earth. =14.= _His judgements are in all the earth_] Compare verses 20‒22. ¹⁵Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations; ¹⁶_The covenant_ which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac; ¹⁷And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant: =15.= _Remember_] Read (with Psalms cv. 8) =He hath remembered=. Compare Exodus xxiv. 3‒8, xxxiv. 10‒27. ¹⁸Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot¹ of your inheritance: ¹ Hebrew _cord_, or, _line_. =18.= _The lot_] The Hebrew word (“_ḥebel_”) means _a portion_ not _assigned by lot_ but _measured by line_; compare margin Canaan is co-extensive with Israel’s inheritance. _inheritance_] All nations receive an inheritance from God; Deuteronomy xxxii. 8. ¹⁹When ye were but a few men in number; Yea, very few, and sojourners in it; =19.= _When ye were_] Psalms cv. 12, _When they were_. _sojourners_] The patriarchs were not simply _strangers_, but strangers who made a long _sojourn_ in Canaan. ²⁰And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people. =20.= _kingdom ... people_] The “kingdom” is Egypt (Genesis xii.); the “people” the Canaanite and Perizzite (Genesis xiii.). ²¹He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; =21.= _he reproved kings_] Genesis xx. 3‒7. ²²_Saying_, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. =22.= _my prophets_] Genesis xx. 7. =23‒33= (= Psalms xcvi. 1‒13). ²³Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; Shew forth his salvation from day to day. ²⁴Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples. =23.= _Sing unto the LORD_] In Psalms xcvi. 1, 2 this exhortation is thrice repeated; in Chronicles it is once given. Note that verse 2a of the Psalm is also omitted here. ²⁵For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods. =25.= _to be feared above all gods_] i.e. to be feared as being above all “that are called gods,” these being “things of nought” (verse 26, Revised Version margin). The real existence of false gods is not assumed. ²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are idols¹: But the LORD made the heavens. ¹ Or, _things of nought_. =26.= _made the heavens_] A fine epithet. Compare Jeremiah x. 11, _The gods that have not made the heavens ... shall perish from the earth_. ²⁷Honour and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.