1 Chronicles 16:22 (ASV)

Passage

[Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 16:20 And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.

1 Chronicles 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

1 Chronicles 16:22 [Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.

1 Chronicles 16:23 Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day.

1 Chronicles 16:24 Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "touch", "mine", "anointed", "ones", "prophets", and "harm". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saying" and "touch", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "He suffered no man to do them..." into verse 23's "Sing unto Jehovah all the earth Show...", so "saying" and "touch" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saying" and "touch" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.