1 Chronicles 16:10 (DRB)

Passage

Praise ye his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice, that seek the Lord.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 16:8 Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his doings among the nations.

1 Chronicles 16:9 Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: and relate all his wondrous works.

1 Chronicles 16:10 Praise ye his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice, that seek the Lord.

1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face evermore.

1 Chronicles 16:12 Remember his wonderful works, which he hath done: his signs, and the judgments of his mouth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "praise", "holy", "name", "heart", "rejoice", "seek", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "praise" and "holy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Sing to him yea sing praises to..." into verse 11's "Seek ye the Lord and his power...", so "praise" and "holy" 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 "praise" and "holy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.