The new song the people of the earth should sing is a song that praises God for His new blessings. These are fresh every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23). All people should hear about God’s glory and deeds because they will bring blessing to them. This is good news. read more
1. An invitation to all people to honor Yahweh 96:1-6 read more
Psalms 96Here is another psalm that focuses on the reign of God. In it, the psalmist called on all the earth to join Israel in honoring and rejoicing in Yahweh’s sovereign rule."By being incorporated into a larger unit in 1 Chronicles 16, the psalm became associated with the glorious entry of the Ark of the covenant into Jerusalem" [Note: VanGemeren, p. 620. Cf. 1 Chronicles 16:23-33.] read more
This is a triumphant song of praise to God (Psalms 96:1-3), contrasting His power and glory with the nothingness of the heathen idols (Psalms 96:4-6), calling all the earth to worship Him (Psalms 96:7-9), exulting in His rule (Psalms 96:10), and calling all nations to rejoice in the prospect of His coming in judgment (Psalms 96:11-13). The tone of the Ps. is closely akin to that of Isaiah 40-66, and was in all likelihood inspired by the deliverance from exile. The existence of the second Temple... read more
A New Song Psalms 96:1 What does a 'new song' mean? I. A living experience. There never has been an age of great poetry which was not first an age of great action, great thought, great living. We shall never sing a new song till we have lived a real, pulsing, genuine new life of our own, not the pale shadow of other and greater lives. Whatever songs and Psalms come echoing down the ages, we must hear God's voice with our own ears. II. A bright outlook and bold spirit. The faith that has no... read more
Psalms 96:1-13THE praise of Jehovah as King has, in the preceding psalms, chiefly celebrated His reign over Israel. But this grand coronation anthem takes a wider sweep, and hymns that kingdom as extending to all nations, and as reaching beyond men, for the joy and blessing of a renovated earth. It fails into four strophes, of which the first three contain three verses each, while the last extends to four. These strophes are like concentric circles, drawn round that eternal throne. The first... read more
Psalms 96:0 The Lord Has Come 1. The new song (Psalms 96:1-3 ) 2. The Lord supreme (Psalms 96:4-6 ) 3. Glory unto His Name (Psalms 96:7-10 ) 4. Creation celebrating (Psalms 96:11-13 ) And now He has come and is manifested in the earth. The singing times begin and will last for a thousand years, when they will merge into the never ceasing songs of eternity. It is a call now to make the glad and glorious news known in all the earth and to make His glory known among the nations. That will... read more
The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more
I beg the Reader to remark the threefold call to praise Jehovah. And is not this with reference to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost? Especially, as this is a Psalm in honour of redemption, is it not as if the sacred writer was calling upon the Church to give to each Person of the Godhead, and to all collectively, the praises due for their joint love, mercy; and power, in this act of sovereign grace? Do observe, that both Jew and Gentile are invited to the celebration of the honour due unto the... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 96:3
1-3. All nations are invited to unite in this most joyful praise. new song—literally, "fresh," or new mercies (Psalms 33:3; Psalms 40:3). read more