Ayub 36:11

36:11 If they obey and serve him,

they live out their days in prosperity

and their years in pleasantness. ¹ 

Zefanya 3:9

3:9 Know for sure that I will then enable

the nations to give me acceptable praise. ² 

All of them will invoke the Lord’s name when they pray, ³ 

and will worship him in unison. ⁴ 

Roma 1:9

1:9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel ⁵  of his Son, is my witness that ⁶  I continually remember you

Ibrani 12:28

12:28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

[36:11]  ¹ tc Some commentators delete this last line for metrical considerations. But there is no textual evidence for the deletion; it is simply the attempt by some to make the meter rigid.

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “Certainly [or perhaps, “For”] then I will restore to the nations a pure lip.”

[3:9]  sn I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. This apparently refers to a time when the nations will reject their false idol-gods and offer genuine praise to the one true God.

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “so that all of them will call on the name of the Lord.”

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “so that [they] will serve him [with] one shoulder.”

[1:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel.”

[1:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “as.”