Psalms 96

¹O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

O sing - Upon this new and great occasion, not the removal of the ark, but the coming of the Messiah.

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

Gods - The gods of the nations, as the next verse expounds it.

⁶Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Before him - In his presence.

⁹O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

Beauty - Cloathed with all the gifts and graces, which are necessary in God’s worship.

¹⁰Say 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.

Reigneth - God hath now set up his kingdom in the world. Established - The nations of the world shall by the means of it enjoy an established and lasting peace.

¹³Before 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.

Before - At the presence and approach of their Lord and Maker. Cometh - To set up his throne among all the nations of the earth.