1 Chronicles 16:32 (WEB)

Passage

Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it!

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 16:30 Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it can’t be moved.

1 Chronicles 16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice! Let them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!”

1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field exult, and all that is in it!

1 Chronicles 16:33 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:34 Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "roar", "fullness", "field", and "exult". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "roar" and "fullness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "Let the heavens be glad and let..." into verse 33's "Then the trees of the forest will...", so "roar" and "fullness" 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 "roar" and "fullness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.