1 Sing to the Lord a new song! All the earth, sing to the Lord! 2 Sing to the Lord, and of his wonderful reputation! Each day let everyone know of his salvation! 3 Declare his glorious acts among the nations, the amazing things he does among all peoples. 4 For the Lord is great, and deserves the best praise! He is to be respected with awe above all gods. 5 For all the gods of other nations are idols; but the Lord made the heavens! 6 Splendor and majesty are his; power and glory are in his sanctuary. 7 Give the Lord acclamation, nations of the world, acclaim him with glory and strength. 8 Give the Lord the glory he deserves; bring an offering and come into his courts. 9 Worship the Lord in his magnificent holiness; let all the earth tremble in his presence. 10 Tell the nations, “The Lord is in charge!” The world is held together firmly—it cannot be broken apart. He will judge everyone fairly. 11 Let the heavens sing for joy, let the earth be happy, let the sea and everything in it shout with praise! 12 Let the fields and everything there celebrate; let all the trees in the forest sing for joy. 13 In fact, let everything that stands before the Lord sing praises, for he is coming, coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with fairness, and the nations with his truth.
Psalm 96 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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).
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“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.