Psalm 96 - Sing to the LORD a New Song

All creation, sea, field, and trees, is called to rejoice before the King.

Psalms 96: O Sing Unto the LORD a New Song

Continuing the worship theme from Psalms 95, Psalm 96 broadens its call to 'all the earth,' urging that God's glory be declared 'among the heathen, his wonders among all people.'


O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

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

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.

Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Its closing scene of the sea roaring, fields rejoicing, and trees singing before the LORD who 'cometh to judge the earth' anticipates the heavenly praise of <a href="/bible/kjva/revelation/chapter-19/1">Revelation 19:1</a>. The theme of kingship carries directly into <a href="/bible/kjva/psalms/chapter-97">Psalms 97</a>.