96:1 Sing to the Lord a new song! 2
Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
96:2 Sing to the Lord! Praise his name!
Announce every day how he delivers! 3
96:3 Tell the nations about his splendor!
Tell 4 all the nations about his amazing deeds!
96:4 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise;
he is more awesome than all gods. 5
1 sn Psalm 96. The psalmist summons everyone to praise the Lord, the sovereign creator of the world who preserves and promotes justice in the earth.
2 sn A new song is appropriate because the
3 tn Heb “announce from day to day his deliverance.”
4 tn The verb “tell” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
5 tn Or perhaps “and feared by all gods.” See Ps 89:7.