Psalm 96:9

9 Betet Jehova an in heiliger Pracht! Erzittert vor ihm, ganze Erde!

Psalm 96:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 96:9

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
(See Gill on Psalms 29:2), in this and the three preceding verses there is a manifest allusion to the form of addresses made to kings in the eastern nations; who being arrayed, and seated in a majestic manner, with all the marks of royal honour and dignity about them, whom their subjects approach with ascriptions of glory to them; bringing presents in their hands, and bowing down to the ground before them, as the word F18 for "worship" signifies; expressing the utmost awe and reverence of them, as in the next clause:

fear before him, all the earth;
or, as the Targum,

``all the inhabitants of the earth;''

it is the duty of all men to fear the Lord; but none can fear him aright without his grace, or an heart given them to fear him: this respects the latter day, when the Jews shall seek the Lord, and fear him and his goodness; when all nations shall fear and worship him; when, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the name of the Lord shall be great and tremendous among the Gentiles; see ( Hosea 3:5 ) ( Revelation 15:3 Revelation 15:4 ) ( Malachi 1:11 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F18 (wwxtvh) "incurvate vos", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "prosternite vos", Tigurine version.

Psalm 96:9 In-Context

7 Gebet Jehova, ihr Völkerstämme, gebet Jehova Herrlichkeit und Stärke!
8 Gebet Jehova die Herrlichkeit seines Namens; bringet eine Opfergabe und kommet in seine Vorhöfe!
9 Betet Jehova an in heiliger Pracht! Erzittert vor ihm, ganze Erde!
10 Saget unter den Nationen: Jehova regiert! Auch steht der Erdkreis fest, er wird nicht wanken. Er wird die Völker richten in Geradheit.
11 Es freue sich der Himmel, und es frohlocke die Erde! Es brause das Meer und seine Fülle!
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