Psalm 96

Translated from the Hebrew of the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Tap a verse to see why it reads as it does. Tap a small letter to read its footnote.

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A new song for all the earth

¹Sing a new song to the LORD! \q All the earth, sing to the LORD! ²Raise your song to the LORD; bless his name. \q Day after day announce the good news of how he saves. ³Tell the nations of his glory, \q and all the peoples of the wonders he has done. ⁴For the LORD is great and worthy of the highest praise; \q he must be revered above every god. ⁵For every god the peoples serve is a mere nothing, an idol, \q but it was the LORD who made the heavens. ⁶Splendor and majesty stand in his presence; \q strength and beauty fill his holy place. ⁷Give the LORD what is due, you families of the nations; \q give the LORD glory and might. ⁸Give the LORD the glory his name deserves; \q bring a gift and enter his courts. ⁹Bow low before the LORD in holy splendor; \q tremble in his presence, all the earth. ¹⁰Tell the nations, “The LORD is King! \q The world stands firm; nothing can make it totter. \q He will judge the peoples fairly.” ¹¹Let the heavens be full of joy and the earth be glad; \q let the sea thunder with all that lives in it. ¹²Let the fields and everything in them celebrate; \q then every tree in the woods will cry out with joy, ¹³in the presence of the LORD, for he is on the way, on the way to judge the earth. \q He will bring justice to the world \q and judge its peoples by his own faithfulness.