1 A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Praise and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty in his sanctuary. 7 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour: 8 Bring to the Lord glory unto his name. Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts: 9 Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved at his presence. 10 Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof: 12 The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice 13 Before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.
Psalms · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Psalm 95 (96) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 96 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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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 DRB.
- 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
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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.