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Psalms

Chapter 96

Songs and prayers for every feeling.

1Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.

2Sing to Yahweh! Praise his name! Announce his salvation every day!

3Tell the nations about his glory, and all the people groups about his amazing acts.

4For Yahweh is great and deserves much praise! He is to be respected more than all gods.

5Because all the gods of the nations are worthless idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

6Honor and majesty are always with him. Strength and beauty fill his holy place.

7Give to Yahweh, you families of nations, give to Yahweh glory and strength.

8Give to Yahweh the glory that belongs to his name. Bring an offering and come into his courts.

9Worship Yahweh in holy splendor. Tremble before him, all the earth.

10Say among the nations, “Yahweh rules.” The world is firmly established and cannot be moved. He will judge the peoples fairly.

11Let the heavens be joyful, and let the earth celebrate. Let the sea roar, and everything in it!

12Let the fields and everything in them be joyful! Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

13before Yahweh, because he is coming, he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with fairness, and the people with his truth.