Psalms — Chapter 96

aCf. 1 Chron. 16.23–33. Sing to GOD a new song,sing to GOD, all the earth.

Sing to GOD, bless this name,proclaim God’s victory day after day.

Tell of this glory among the nations,God’s wondrous deeds, among all peoples.

For GOD is great and much acclaimed,and is held in awe by all divine beings.

All the gods of the peoples are mere idols,but the ETERNAL made the heavens.

Glory and majesty are present;strength and splendor are in the holy temple.

Ascribe to GOD, O families of the peoples,ascribe to GOD glory and strength.

Ascribe to GOD the glory of this name,bring tribute and enter the temple’sbthe temple’s Heb. “its.” courts.

Bow down to GOD, majestic in holiness;tremble in the divine presence, all the earth!

Declare among the nations, “GOD is sovereign!”The world stands firm; it cannot be shaken;the peoples will be judged with equity.

Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult;let the sea and all within it thunder,

the fields and everything in them exult;then shall all the trees of the forest shout for joy

at the presence of GOD, who is coming,coming to rule the earth—to rule the world justly,and its peoples in faithfulness.