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Families from many lands bring offerings into a beautiful sanctuary court as sea, fields, and forest rejoice around them.
KING JAMES VERSION

PSALMS 96

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CHAPTER VISUAL

Psalms 96 — All the earth is summoned to declare the Creator’s salvation and glory as He comes to judge in righteousness and truth.

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Creation’s rejoicing is shown through movement and light, not anthropomorphic trees or a bodily divine arrival.

Scripture basis: Psalms 96:1–13
  1. 1O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
  2. 2Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.
  3. 3Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
  4. 4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
  5. 5For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
  6. 6Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
  7. 7Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
  8. 8Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
  9. 9O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
  10. 10Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
  11. 11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
  12. 12Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
  13. 13Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom

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