Psalms 96:8-13

8 Praise the Lord's glorious name; bring an offering and come into his Temple.

9 Bow down before the Holy One when he appears; tremble before him, all the earth!

10 Say to all the nations, "The Lord is king! The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with justice."

11 Be glad, earth and sky! Roar, sea, and every creature in you;

12 be glad, fields, and everything in you! The trees in the woods will shout for joy

13 when the Lord comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.

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\\

Footnotes

• [a]. when he appears; [or] in garments of worship.