Psalms 96:8-13

8 give ADONAI the glory due to his name; bring an offering, and enter his courtyards.

9 Worship ADONAI in holy splendor; tremble before him, all the earth!

10 Say among the nations, "ADONAI is king!"The world is firmly established, immovable. He will judge the peoples fairly.

11 Let the heavens rejoice; let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and everything in it;

12 let the fields exult and all that is in them. Then all the trees in the forest will sing

13 before ADONAI, because he has come, he has come to judge the earth; he will judge the world rightly and the peoples with his faithfulness.

Psalms 96:8-13 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\\