Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
English Revised Version
Psalms 96
1O SING unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. 2Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. 3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples. 4For great is the LORD, and highly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. 5For all the gods of the peoples are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. 6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 7Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, give unto the LORD glory and strength. 8Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. 9O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: tremble before him, all the earth. 10Say among the nations, The LORD reigneth: the world also is stablished that it cannot be moved: he shall judge the peoples with equity. 11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; 12Let the field exult, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy; 13Before the LORD, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
English Revised Version (1885). Public domain. The 1881/1885 British revision of the King James Version; parent of the ASV.