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Psalm 96 ESV

1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! 4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens. 6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! 8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts! 9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth! 10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.” 11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; 12 let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy 13 before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Psalm 96:1 CSB

1 Sing a new song to the Lord; let the whole earth sing to the Lord.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 1.8: Saint Augustin: Expositions on the Book of Psalms Psalm 96

1. My lord and brother Severus still defers the pleasure we shall feel in his discourse, which he oweth us; for he acknowledgeth, that he is held a debtor. For all the Churches through which he hath passed, by his tongue the lord hath gladdened: much more therefore ought that Church to be rejoiced, out of which the Lord hath propagated his preaching among the rest. But what shall we do, but obey his will? I said, however, brethren, that he deferred, not that he defrauded us. Therefore let us keep him as a debtor bound, and release him not until he hath paid. Attend therefore, beloved: as far as the Lord alloweth, let us say somewhat of this Psalm, which indeed you already know; for the fresh mention of truth is sweet. Possibly when its title was pronounced, some heard it with wonder. For the Psalm is inscribed: “When the house was being built after the Captivity.” This title having been prefixed, ye were perhaps expecting in the text of the Psalm to hear what stones were hewn from the mountains, what masses were drawn to the spot, what foundations were laid, what beams were placed on high, what columns raised. Its song is of nothing of this kind.… It is no such house that is in building; for behold where it is built, not in one spot, not in any particular region. For thus he beginneth:—

This Psalm is one of YAHWEH’S Kingship or enthronement in it the Psalmest calls all the earth to declare Yahweh’s excelence He encourges Isriel to tell the surounding nations and the entire world of YAHWEH’S Worthiness which will draw them to true worship of God he concludes by describing the earths joyous anticipation of Yahweh’s rule being fully established over everything

This Psalm is about the reign of the Lord, the Psalmest called on people everywhere and all elements of nature to praise God because He is greater than all Pagon Gods. and Because He will reign in richousness and truth.

Psalm 96:1 CSB

1 Sing a new song to the Lord; let the whole earth sing to the Lord.

All nations are invited to unite in this most joyful praise.

The Lust of the flesh sings the old song the Love of God sings the new

The comand to sing a new song is not exclusive to Isriel

The whole earth-Refers to the People who live on the earth

This is the song of redemption

Psalm 96:2 ESV

2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

Last week we discussed all the insterments that we ought to use to Praise the Lord with the point being we should withold nothing availible to us in our praise to The Lord We should Sing to the Lord and Bless His Holy na

His salvation- refers to Yahweh’s diliverence from whatever hazerds the Psalmest is experiencing

Day to Day- Intencifies the personal experience of God’s diliverence

With the Word tell the direction of the message changes from God to man. The word of the messenger is to take the news.

Psalm 96:3 ESV

3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

among the nations-refers to Geographic territories outside of Isrel

the People’s Refers to nations and people groups other than the isrilites

Psalm 96:4 ESV

4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

To be feared- Fearing God means placing all other potential of fear or reverence in proper perspective

all gods-refers to the dieties worshiped by nations surounding isriel

Psalm 96:5 ESV

5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

Idols- The word used here can be translated as “insignificant, Vain, or Week it describes forign Gods in a derogitory sence potraying them as nonentities.

made the heavens- the Psalmest argues that other rivel dieties are worthless because YAHWEH made the place where the other God’s suposedly live. Yahwah is the creator of all

Psalm 96:6 ESV

6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

in His sanctuary- Yahwah is set apart from all forign Gods He dwells in His holy place. this could be a reference to the heavens or to the temple in Jeruselem The temple in Jeruselem is lickly being refered to hear

Psalm 96:7 CSB

7 Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Families of the earth-Litteraly Tribes of the earth

Someday every knee will Bow before this sovrign Lord Whose holyness is Awesome

Psalm 96:8 CSB

8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; bring an offering and enter his courts.

His name -emphasizes intimate knowledge of God rather than a particular label

an offering -The Hebrew word used here minchah refers in General to a gift present, or tribute specificly a food or grain offering

into his courts-Contributes the image of God as king

Psalm 96:9 CSB

9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; let the whole earth tremble before him.

Psalm 96:10 CSB

10 Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. He judges the peoples fairly.”

he will Judge -means exeutive Judgement in a leagle context

equality-The psalmest declares that Yahweih will Judge all people with fairness and itegrety

among the nations-The message of Yahweh’s Kingdom was not to be restricted to Isrel, but instead was to reach the entire world this represents the reclaiming of the nations of the earthby Yahweh

Psalm 96:11 ESV

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

The Psalmest calls all nature to rejoyce because the Lord will come to Judge the World in richousness. and in truth

Psalm 96:12 ESV

12 let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy

Psalm 96:13 ESV

13 before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Faithlife Study Bible Psalm 96

96:1–3 The psalmist repeats the Hebrew phrase shiru layhwh (“sing to Yahweh”) three times in vv. 1–2. The earth is the only identified audience of the series of commands. The psalmist then commands Yahweh’s people, the Israelites, to declare His miraculous actions to the foreign peoples (or nations) around them.

Faithlife Study Bible Psalm 96

96:4–6 The psalmist asserts that people should declare God’s glory because He is the only deity worth praising. He made the heavens, and His greatness and beauty are obvious.

Faithlife Study Bible Psalm 96

96:7–10 The psalmist issues a series of commands about what should be ascribed to Yahweh—what belongs to Him (vv. 7–8, compare vv. 1–3). In doing so, he asserts Yahweh’s superiority over all the earth and that all should worship Him. The psalmist seems to envision people from other nations coming to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh.

Faithlife Study Bible Psalm 96

96:11–13 The psalmist describes personified creation as looking forward to Yahweh’s judgment, which will be right and fair. As Yahweh’s reign is fully established over everything in the way that it should be—with justice and equality (righteousness)—everything on heaven and earth that knows Yahweh will rejoice.