Psalms 96:1
Oh sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the lands.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
In Context
2Sing unto the Lord, bless his name: announce from day to day his salvation.
Cross References
Psalms 33:3Sing unto him a new song; play beautifully amidst a triumphant shout.
Psalms 67:3(67:4) The people will thank thee, O God; the people, all of them together, will thank thee.
Psalms 98:1“A psalm.” Oh sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done wonderful things: his right hand and his holy arm have gotten him the victory.
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 →