1 Chronicles 16:35Say, "Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise."
The setting
Jerusalem, ~1000 BC. Even in triumph, David acknowledges Israel is still vulnerable among hostile nations. This prayer anticipates future scattering and need for divine rescue.
The emotion here: urgent hope mixed with awareness of future danger
The original word
yasha (יָשַׁע) — to save, deliver, bring to safety and wholeness
Why it matters
David prayed this before Israel was scattered, but Chronicles was written after the exile
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What most readers miss in 1 Chronicles 16:35
This is prophetic — David is praying for something that hadn't happened yet but would
Common misconceptionPeople think this is just about physical location, but 'gather us' includes spiritual restoration — bringing hearts back to God, not just bodies back to land.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
1 Chronicles 16:35 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Chronicles 16:35 comes from the book of 1 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to David. The dominant emotion in this verse is seeking, with a comfort power of 50% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the prayer genre of biblical literature. Key themes include deliverance, salvation. Notable phrases: Save us; God of our salvation; deliver us from the nations. This verse is a prayer.
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Verses that meet the same seeking
“Pray without ceasing.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:17
“But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
— Amos 5:24
“Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that …”
— Genesis 18:25
“Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.”
— Jeremiah 33:3
“Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evi…”
— Luke 11:4
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