They give thanks to him. The words of the heavenly declaration are so delightful to these elders that they break out into a prayer of thanksgiving. This is the more significant when we realize that this is the only place in the New Testament where we read the content of a thanksgiving prayer from a plurality of persons.
17 saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.