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<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/96-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Let the field exult, and all that is in it.<br>         Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/96-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Before the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, for He is coming,<br>         For He is coming to judge the earth.<br>         He will judge the world in righteousness<br>         And the peoples in His faithfulness.<p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/96.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/96.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/psalms/96.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />For Jehovah is great and exceedingly to be praised; he is terrible above all gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/96.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/96.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/96.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/96.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He is over all gods.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_cci_psalm_xcvi_1.htm">Psalm Xcvi. 1, 2</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Psalm xcvi. 1, 2. Sing a new song unto the Lord; His mercies, every morning new, His truth and faithfulness record; Give to our God the glory due. God is the Lord; around His throne In heaven, adoring seraphim, And ransom'd saints, ascribe alone All power, might, majesty, to Hiin. On earth His church impregnable, Built on the rock of ages, stands, And yet, against the gates of hell, Shall send salvation through all lands. Thou, by whose word the worlds were made, In wisdom and in goodness framed, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/montgomery/sacred_poems_and_hymns/hymn_cci_psalm_xcvi_1.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">James Montgomery—</span><span class="citation2">Sacred Poems and Hymns</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bernard/some_letters_of_saint_bernard_abbot_of_clairvaux/letter_xlii_to_the_illustrious.htm">Letter Xlii to the Illustrious Youth, Geoffrey De Perrone, and his Comrades. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">To the Illustrious Youth, Geoffrey de Perrone, and His Comrades. He pronounces the youths noble because they purpose to lead the religious life, and exhorts them to perseverance. To his beloved sons, Geoffrey and his companions, Bernard, called Abbot of Clairvaux, wishes the spirit of counsel and strength. 1. The news of your conversion that has got abroad is edifying many, nay, is making glad the whole Church of God, so that The heavens rejoice and the earth is glad (Ps. xcvi. 11), and every tongue <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/bernard/some_letters_of_saint_bernard_abbot_of_clairvaux/letter_xlii_to_the_illustrious.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—</span><span class="citation2">Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_27_therefore_go_on.htm">Therefore Go On, Saints of God, Boys and Girls...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">27. Therefore go on, Saints of God, boys and girls, males and females, unmarried men, and women; go on and persevere unto the end. Praise more sweetly the Lord, Whom ye think on more richly: hope more happily in Him, Whom ye serve more instantly: love more ardently Him, whom ye please more attentively. With loins girded, and lamps burning, wait for the Lord, when He cometh from the marriage. [2075] Ye shall bring unto the marriage of the Lamb a new song, which ye shall sing on your harps. Not surely <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_27_therefore_go_on.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">St. Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">Of Holy Virginity. </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origens_letters/a_letter_from_origen_to.htm">A Letter from Origen to Africanus. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Origen to Africanus, a beloved brother in God the Father, through Jesus Christ, His holy Child, greeting. Your letter, from which I learn what you think of the Susanna in the Book of Daniel, which is used in the Churches, although apparently somewhat short, presents in its few words many problems, each of which demands no common treatment, but such as oversteps the character of a letter, and reaches the limits of a discourse. [3028] And I, when I consider, as best I can, the measure of my intellect, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origens_letters/a_letter_from_origen_to.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Origen—</span><span class="citation2">Origen's Letters</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/ayer/a_source_book_for_ancient_church_history/period_iii_the_dissolution_of.htm">Period iii. The Dissolution of the Imperial State Church and the Transition to the Middle Ages: from the Beginning of the Sixth Century to the Latter Part of the Eighth</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The third period of the ancient Church under the Christian Empire begins with the accession of Justin I (518-527), and the end of the first schism between Rome and Constantinople (519). The termination of the period is not so clearly marked. By the middle and latter part of the eighth century, however, the imperial Church has ceased to exist in its original conception. The Church in the East has become, in great part, a group of national schismatic churches under Moslem rulers, and only the largest <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/ayer/a_source_book_for_ancient_church_history/period_iii_the_dissolution_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Joseph Cullen Ayer Jr., Ph.D.—</span><span class="citation2">A Source Book for Ancient Church History</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/milligan/men_of_the_bible_some_lesser-known/hiram_the_inspired_artificer.htm">Hiram, the Inspired Artificer</a><br></span><span class="snippet">BY REV. W. J. TOWNSEND, D.D. The Temple of Solomon was the crown of art in the old world. There were temples on a larger scale, and of more massive construction, but the enormous masses of masonry of the oldest nations were not comparable with the artistic grace, the luxurious adornments, and the harmonious proportions of this glorious House of God. David had laid up money and material for the great work, but he was not permitted to carry it out. He was a man of war, and blood-stained hands were <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/milligan/men_of_the_bible_some_lesser-known/hiram_the_inspired_artificer.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">George Milligan—</span><span class="citation2">Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_30_ye_also_who.htm">Ye Also who have not yet Made this Vow...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">30. Ye also who have not yet made this vow, who are able to receive it, receive it. [2093] Run with perseverance, that ye may obtain. [2094] Take ye each his sacrifices, and enter ye into the courts [2095] of the Lord, not of necessity, having power over your own will. [2096] For not as, "Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill," [2097] can it so be said, Thou shalt not wed. The former are demanded, the latter are offered. If the latter are done, they are praised: unless the former are <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of_holy_virginity_/section_30_ye_also_who.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">St. Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">Of Holy Virginity. </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_17_heralds_of_the.htm">Heralds of the Morning</a><br></span><span class="snippet">One of the most solemn and yet most glorious truths revealed in the Bible is that of Christ's second coming to complete the great work of redemption. To God's pilgrim people, so long left to sojourn in "the region and shadow of death," a precious, joy-inspiring hope is given in the promise of His appearing, who is "the resurrection and the life," to "bring home again His banished." The doctrine of the second advent is the very keynote of the Sacred Scriptures. From the day when the first pair turned <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_17_heralds_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Great Controversy</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_1_the_first_commandment.htm">The First Commandment</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Thou shalt have no other gods before me.' Exod 20: 3. Why is the commandment in the second person singular, Thou? Why does not God say, You shall have no other gods? Because the commandment concerns every one, and God would have each one take it as spoken to him by name. Though we are forward to take privileges to ourselves, yet we are apt to shift off duties from ourselves to others; therefore the commandment is in the second person, Thou and Thou, that every one may know that it is spoken to him, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_1_the_first_commandment.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Ten Commandments</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_prophet_micah.htm">The Prophet Micah. </a><br></span><span class="snippet"> PRELIMINARY REMARKS. Micah signifies: "Who is like Jehovah;" and by this name, the prophet is consecrated to the incomparable God, just as Hosea was to the helping God, and Nahum to the comforting God. He prophesied, according to the inscription, under Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. We are not, however, entitled, on this account, to dissever his prophecies, and to assign particular discourses to the reign of each of these kings. On the contrary, the entire collection forms only one whole. At <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_prophet_micah.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kent/the_origin_and_permanent_value_of_the_old_testament/xii_the_history_of_the.htm">The History of the Psalter</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[Sidenote: Nature of the Psalter] Corresponding to the book of Proverbs, itself a select library containing Israel's best gnomic literature, is the Psalter, the compendium of the nation's lyrical songs and hymns and prayers. It is the record of the soul experiences of the race. Its language is that of the heart, and its thoughts of common interest to worshipful humanity. It reflects almost every phase of religious feeling: penitence, doubt, remorse, confession, fear, faith, hope, adoration, and <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/kent/the_origin_and_permanent_value_of_the_old_testament/xii_the_history_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Foster Kent—</span><span class="citation2">The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/96-4.htm">Psalm 96:4 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/psalms/96-4.htm">Psalm 96:4 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/psalms/96-4.htm">Psalm 96:4 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/psalms/96-4.htm">Psalm 96:4 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/psalms/96-4.htm">Psalm 96:4 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/96-4.htm">Psalm 96:4 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/psalms/96-4.htm">Psalm 96:4 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/96-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 96:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 96:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/96-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 96:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 96:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/psalms/96-4.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>