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Selected Verse: Psalms 96:1 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 96:1 |
Strong Concordance |
O sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892]: sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], all the earth [0776]. |
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King James |
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The substance of this Psalm, and portions of the ninety-seventh, ninety-eighth, and hundredth, are found in 1Ch. 16:7-36, which was used by David's directions in the dedication of the tabernacle on Mount Zion. The dispensation of the Messiah was typified by that event, involving, as it did, a more permanent seat of worship, and the introduction of additional and more spiritual services. Hence the language of these Psalms may be regarded as having a higher import than that pertinent to the occasion on which it was thus publicly used. (Psa 96:1-13)
All nations are invited to unite in this most joyful praise.
new song--literally, "fresh," or new mercies (Psa 33:3; Psa 40:3). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
O sing unto the Lord a new song - See the notes at Psa 33:3. This is the only addition made to the original form of the psalm. The word new here implies that there was some fresh occasion for celebrating the praises of God; that some event had occurred, or that some truth relating to the divine character had now been made known, which could not well be expressed in any psalm or hymn then in use. It is a call on all to celebrate the praises of the Lord in a "new" song - new, particularly, as it calls on "all the earth" to join in it; and possibly this was designed to suggest the idea that while that temple stood, a dispensation would commence, under which the distinction between the Jews and the Gentiles would be broken down, and all mankind would unite in the praise of God.
Sing unto the Lord, all the earth - All nations. All people had occasion to bless his name; to praise him. What he had done, what he was still doing, was of interest to all lands, and made an appeal to all people to praise him. The psalm is constructed on this supposition, that the occasion for praise referred to was one in which all people were interested; or, in other words, that Yahweh was the true God over all the nations, and that all people should acknowledge him. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Call to the nation of Jahve to sing praise to its God and to evangelize the heathen. שׁירוּ is repeated three times. The new song assumes a new form of things, and the call thereto, a present which appeared to be a beginning that furnished a guarantee of this new state of things, a beginning viz., of the recognition of Jahve throughout the whole world of nations, and of His accession to the lordship over the whole earth. The new song is an echo of the approaching revelation of salvation and of glory, and this is also the inexhaustible material of the joyful tidings that go forth from day to day (מיּום ליום as in Est 3:7, whereas in the Chronicles it is מיום אל־יום as in Num 30:15). We read Psa 96:1 verbally the same in Isa 42:10; Psa 96:2 calls to mind Isa 52:7; Isa 60:6; and Psa 96:3, Isa 66:19. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
O sing - Upon this new and great occasion, not the removal of the ark, but the coming of the Messiah. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Sing unto the Lord a new song - A song of peculiar excellence, for in this sense the term new is repeatedly taken in the Scriptures. He has done extraordinary things for us, and we should excel in praise and thanksgiving. |
3 And he hath put [05414] a new [02319] song [07892] in my mouth [06310], even praise [08416] unto our God [0430]: many [07227] shall see [07200] it, and fear [03372], and shall trust [0982] in the LORD [03068].
3 Sing [07891] unto him a new [02319] song [07892]; play [05059] skilfully [03190] with a loud noise [08643].
1 O sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892]: sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], all the earth [0776].
2 Sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], bless [01288] his name [08034]; shew forth [01319] his salvation [03444] from day [03117] to day [03117].
3 Declare [05608] his glory [03519] among the heathen [01471], his wonders [06381] among all people [05971].
4 For the LORD [03068] is great [01419], and greatly [03966] to be praised [01984]: he is to be feared [03372] above all gods [0430].
5 For all the gods [0430] of the nations [05971] are idols [0457]: but the LORD [03068] made [06213] the heavens [08064].
6 Honour [01935] and majesty [01926] are before [06440] him: strength [05797] and beauty [08597] are in his sanctuary [04720].
7 Give [03051] unto the LORD [03068], O ye kindreds [04940] of the people [05971], give [03051] unto the LORD [03068] glory [03519] and strength [05797].
8 Give [03051] unto the LORD [03068] the glory [03519] due unto his name [08034]: bring [05375] an offering [04503], and come [0935] into his courts [02691].
9 O worship [07812] the LORD [03068] in the beauty [01927] of holiness [06944]: fear [02342] before [06440] him, all the earth [0776].
10 Say [0559] among the heathen [01471] that the LORD [03068] reigneth [04427]: the world [08398] also shall be established [03559] that it shall not be moved [04131]: he shall judge [01777] the people [05971] righteously [04339].
11 Let the heavens [08064] rejoice [08055], and let the earth [0776] be glad [01523]; let the sea [03220] roar [07481], and the fulness [04393] thereof.
12 Let the field [07704] be joyful [05937], and all that is therein: then shall all the trees [06086] of the wood [03293] rejoice [07442]
13 Before [06440] the LORD [03068]: for he cometh [0935], for he cometh [0935] to judge [08199] the earth [0776]: he shall judge [08199] the world [08398] with righteousness [06664], and the people [05971] with his truth [0530].
3 Sing [07891] unto him a new [02319] song [07892]; play [05059] skilfully [03190] with a loud noise [08643].
19 And I will set [07760] a sign [0226] among them, and I will send [07971] those that escape [06412] of them unto the nations [01471], to Tarshish [08659], Pul [06322], and Lud [03865], that draw [04900] the bow [07198], to Tubal [08422], and Javan [03120], to the isles [0339] afar off [07350], that have not heard [08085] my fame [08088], neither have seen [07200] my glory [03519]; and they shall declare [05046] my glory [03519] among the Gentiles [01471].
3 Declare [05608] his glory [03519] among the heathen [01471], his wonders [06381] among all people [05971].
6 The multitude [08229] of camels [01581] shall cover [03680] thee, the dromedaries [01070] of Midian [04080] and Ephah [05891]; all they from Sheba [07614] shall come [0935]: they shall bring [05375] gold [02091] and incense [03828]; and they shall shew forth [01319] the praises [08416] of the LORD [03068].
7 How beautiful [04998] upon the mountains [02022] are the feet [07272] of him that bringeth good tidings [01319], that publisheth [08085] peace [07965]; that bringeth good tidings [01319] of good [02896], that publisheth [08085] salvation [03444]; that saith [0559] unto Zion [06726], Thy God [0430] reigneth [04427] !
2 Sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], bless [01288] his name [08034]; shew forth [01319] his salvation [03444] from day [03117] to day [03117].
10 Sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892], and his praise [08416] from the end [07097] of the earth [0776], ye that go down [03381] to the sea [03220], and all that is therein [04393]; the isles [0339], and the inhabitants [03427] thereof.
1 O sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892]: sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], all the earth [0776].
15 But if he shall any ways [06565] make them void [06565] after [0310] that he hath heard [08085] them; then he shall bear [05375] her iniquity [05771].
7 In the first [07223] month [02320], that is, the month [02320] Nisan [05212], in the twelfth [08147] [06240] year [08141] of king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], they cast [05307] Pur [06332], that is, the lot [01486], before [06440] Haman [02001] from day [03117] to day [03117], and from month [02320] to month [02320], to the twelfth [08147] [06240] month, that is, the month [02320] Adar [0143].