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Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.
Psalms 96:1 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
  • BSB Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.
  • NKJV Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
  • NASB Sing to the Lord a new song; Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
  • NLT Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord!

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • 1 Chr 16:23–33Sing to Yahweh, all the earth! Display his salvation from day to day.
  • Ps 98:1A Psalm. Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
  • Ps 149:1Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
  • Ps 33:3Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a shout of joy!
  • Rev 14:3They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
  • Ps 67:3–6let the peoples praise you, God. Let all the peoples praise you.
  • Rev 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Ps 68:32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.
  • Rom 15:11Again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! Let all the peoples praise him.”

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 96:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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