Psalms 96:5-13

5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens.

6 Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

9 Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the eretz.

10 Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is also established. It can't be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the eretz rejoice. Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it!

12 Let the field exult, and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy

13 Before the LORD; for he comes, For he comes to judge the eretz. He will judge the world with righteousness, The peoples with his truth.

Psalms 96:5-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 96

This psalm was written by David, as appears from 1Ch 16:7,23 to whom it is ascribed by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions. This and part of Psalm 105 were first composed and sung at the bringing of the ark from the house of Obededom to the city of David; and here it is detached from that with a new introduction to it, and applied to the times and kingdom of the Messiah, and; with great propriety, since the ark was an eminent type of him. The inscription in the Syriac version is,

``a Psalm of David, a Prophecy of the coming of the Messiah, and of the calling of the Gentiles that believe in him:''

and very rightly, since express mention is made of them in it, and of the publication of the Gospel among them; and clear reference is had to Christ, who is the Jehovah all along spoken of Jarchi well observes, that wherever a "new song" is mentioned, it is to be understood of future time, or the times of the Messiah; and the end of the psalm shows it,

\\he cometh to judge\\