1 Chronicles 16:15

Remember ¹  continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made ²  to a thousand generations –

He remembers his covenant for ever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,

He always stands by his covenant ––the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

He keeps his commitments across thousands of generations, the covenant he commanded,

He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;

Remember his covenant forever, the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,

Remember ¹  continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made ²  to a thousand generations –

¹ tn The Hebrew text has a masculine plural imperative, addressed to the people. Some LXX mss harmonize the wording here to Ps 105:8, which has זָכַר (zakhar), the perfect third masculine singular form of the verb, “He (the Lord) remembers” (so NIV; NEB reads “He called to mind his covenant”).

² tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 16-18 make clear.