1 Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth. 2 Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation. 3 Declare among nations His honour, Among all the peoples His wonders. 4 For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He [is] over all gods. 5 For all the gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary. 7 Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength. 8 Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present and come in to His courts. 9 Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth. 10 Say among nations, 'Jehovah hath reigned, Also — established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.' 11 The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar. 12 The field exulteth, and all that [is] in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest, 13 Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!
Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 96 Young's Literal Translation
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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.