Psalms 96:1
Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
In Context
2Sing to the Lord, bless his name, from day to day herald his victory.
Cross References
Psalms 33:3Sing to him a new song, play skilfully and shout merrily.
Psalms 67:3Let the peoples praise you, O God; let the peoples all of them praise you.
Psalms 98:1Sing a new song to the Lord, for he has done wonders; his right hand and holy arm have won him the victory.
Romans 15:11And yet again – ‘Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all Peoples sing his praises.’
Revelation 14:3They are singing what seems to be a new song, before the throne, and before the four creatures and the elders; and no one was able to learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from earth.
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 →