1 Chronicles 16:21
Good News Translation
But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:

New Revised Standard Version
he allowed no one to oppress them; he rebuked kings on their account,

Contemporary English Version
God did not let anyone mistreat our people. Instead he protected us by punishing rulers

New American Bible
He let no one oppress them; for their sake he rebuked kings:

Douay-Rheims Bible
He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.

He suffered

Genesis 31:24,29,42 And he saw in a dream God, saying to him: Take heed thou speak not any thing harshly against Jacob. . . .

he reproved

Genesis 12:17 But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.

Genesis 20:3 And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Exodus 7:15-18 Go to him in the morning, behold he will go out to the waters: and thou shalt stand to meet him on the ' bank of the river: and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent. . . .

Exodus 9:13-18 And the Lord said to Moses: Arise in the morning, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me. . . .

Context
David's Psalm of Thanksgiving
20And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people. 21He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.22Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.…
Cross References
Genesis 12:17
But the Lord scourged Pharao and his house with most grievous stripes for Sarai, Abram's wife.

Genesis 20:3
And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman that thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Exodus 7:15
Go to him in the morning, behold he will go out to the waters: and thou shalt stand to meet him on the ' bank of the river: and thou shalt take in thy hand the rod that was turned into a serpent.

1 Chronicles 16:20
And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom to another people.

1 Chronicles 16:20
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