1 When the house was built after the Captivity, a Song by David. Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name: proclaim his salvation from day to day. 3 Publish his glory among the Gentiles, his wonderful works among all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is terrible above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Thanksgiving and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty are in his sanctuary. 7 Bring to the Lord, ye families of the Gentiles, bring to the Lord glory and honour. 8 Bring to the Lord the glory [becoming] his name: take offerings, and go into his courts. 9 Worship the Lord in his holy court: let all the earth tremble before him. 10 Say among the heathen, The Lord reigns: for he has established the world so that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people in righteousness. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; let the sea be moved, and the fulness of it. 12 The plains shall rejoice, and all things in them: then shall all the trees of the wood exult before the presence of the Lord: 13 for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 95 (96) Brenton's English Septuagint
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 96 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.
- 1 1 Chronicles 16:23–33; Psalm 98:1; Psalm 149:1; Revelation 14:3; Psalm 33:3
- 2 Mark 16:15; Psalm 71:15; Psalm 103:1–2; Psalm 145:1; Psalm 40:10
- 3 Daniel 4:1–3; Psalm 22:27; Luke 24:47; Isaiah 19:23–25; Isaiah 49:6
- 4 Psalm 145:3; Jeremiah 10:6–7; Revelation 15:4; Psalm 18:3; Psalm 95:3
- 5 Psalm 115:15; Isaiah 42:5; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Psalm 135:18; Jeremiah 10:14–15
- 6 Psalm 63:2–3; 1 Chronicles 16:27; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 104:1; Hebrews 1:3
- 7 Revelation 19:1; Matthew 6:13; Revelation 5:9; 1 Chronicles 29:11–13; Psalm 22:27
- 8 Psalm 100:4; Romans 12:1; Exodus 34:5–9; Hebrews 13:15–16; Psalm 108:3–5
- 9 Psalm 29:2; Psalm 114:7; Psalm 110:3; Psalm 33:8; Daniel 11:45
- 10 Psalm 93:1; Psalm 67:4; Psalm 9:8; Acts 17:31; Psalms 98:9–99:1
- 11 Isaiah 49:13; Psalm 69:34; Psalm 97:1; Psalm 98:7–9; Psalm 148:1–4
- 12 Isaiah 55:12–13; Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 42:10–11; Isaiah 44:23; Psalm 65:12–13
- 13 Revelation 19:11; 2 Timothy 4:8; Isaiah 25:8–9; 1 Thessalonians 4:16–18; Titus 2:13
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 96.
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
As with David: "The gods of the heathen are idols of demons;" and, "Ye shall not follow other gods." For in that he says "the gods of the heathen"--but the heathen are ignorant of the true God--and calls them "other gods," he bars their claim [to be looked upon] as gods at all.
Not surely that Thou mightest know them through me, but that I may awaken my own love and that of my readers towards Thee, that we may all say, "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised." I have already said, and shall say, for the love of Thy love do I this.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
1. Rejoice, ye heavens, and let the earth be glad, for those who are to be sprinkled with hyssop, and cleansed with the spiritual hyssop, the power of Him to whom at His Passion drink was offered on hyssop and a reed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So that when the divine Scripture saith, Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad, it is the angels in heaven and the men on earth that are invited to rejoice.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
… the treasure new and old, the two covenants; the old, that giving of the law which took place formerly; and He points out as the new, that manner of life required by the Gospel, of which David says, "Sing unto the Lord a new song;" and Esaias, "Sing unto the Lord a new hymn.