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1 Chronicles 16:33

1 Chronicles 16:33
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

1 Chronicles 16:4-42

This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 16:7-36

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.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

to judge the earth The joy with which the coming judgement is greeted arises from the fact that the Hebrews regarded a judge as a champion of the oppressed and not as a pedantic interpreter of…