Psalms 96:1
O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
In Context
2Make songs to the Lord, blessing his name; give the good news of his salvation day by day.
Cross References
Psalms 33:3Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.
Psalms 67:3\67:2\So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.
Psalms 98:1A Psalm. O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.
Romans 15:11And again, Give praise to the Lord, all you Gentiles; and let all the nations give praise to him.
Revelation 14:3And they made as it seemed a new song before the high seat, and before the four beasts and the rulers: and no man might have knowledge of the song but the hundred and forty-four thousand, even those from the earth whom God has made his for a price.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 96:1
This psalm is part of that which was delivered into the hand of Asaph and his brethren ( 1 Chron. xvi. 7 ), by which it appears both that David was the penman of it and that it has reference to the bringing up of the ark to the city of David; whether that long psalm was made first, and this afterwards taken out of it, or this made first and afterwards borrowed to make up that, is not certain. But this is certain, that, though it was sung at the translation of the ark, it looks further, to the kingdom of Christ,… Read the whole commentary →