1 Chronicles 16:30 (YLT)

Passage

Be pained before Him, all the earth:

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 16:28 Ascribe to Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

1 Chronicles 16:29 Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present, and come before Him. Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.

1 Chronicles 16:30 Be pained before Him, all the earth:

1 Chronicles 16:31 Also, established is the world, It is not moved! The heavens rejoice, and the earth is glad, And they say among nations: Jehovah hath reigned.

1 Chronicles 16:32 Roar doth the sea, and its fulness, Exult doth the field, and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His..." into verse 31's "Also established is the world It is...", so "pained" and "before" 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 "pained" and "before" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.