Psalm 96
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Psalm 9618
96:1Sing to the Lord a new song!1
Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
96:2Sing to the Lord! Praise his name!
Announce every day how he delivers!2
96:3Tell the nations about his splendor!
Tell3 all the nations about his amazing deeds!
96:4For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise;
he is more awesome than all gods.4
96:5For all the gods of the nations are worthless,5
but the Lord made the sky.
96:6Majestic splendor emanates from him;6
his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.7
96:7Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations,
ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!
96:8Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves!8
Bring an offering and enter his courts!
96:9Worship the Lord in holy attire!9
Tremble before him, all the earth!
96:10Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
The world is established, it cannot be moved.
He judges the nations fairly.”
96:11Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy!
Let the sea and everything in it shout!
96:12Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!
Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy
96:13before the Lord, for he comes!
For he comes to judge the earth!
He judges the world fairly,10
and the nations in accordance with his justice.11
Footnotes
- 18 Psalm 96. The psalmist summons everyone to praise the Lord, the sovereign creator of the world who preserves and promotes justice in the earth.
- 1 A new song is appropriate because the Lord is constantly intervening in the world as its just king. See also Pss 33:3; 40:3; 98:1.
- 2 Heb “announce from day to day his deliverance.”
- 3 The verb “tell” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
- 4 Or perhaps “and feared by all gods.” See Ps 89:7.
- 5 The Hebrew term אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement.
- 6 Heb “majesty and splendor [are] before him.”
- 7 Heb “strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.”
- 8 Heb “the splendor of [i.e., “due”] his name.”
- 9 Or “in holy splendor.”
- 10 The verbal forms in v. 13 probably describe God’s typical, characteristic behavior, though they may depict in dramatic fashion the outworking of divine judgment or anticipate a future judgment of worldwide proportions, in which case they could be translated “will judge the world.”
- 11 Heb “and the nations with his integrity.”
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