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Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Psalms 96:8 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
  • BSB Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and enter His courts.
  • NKJV Give to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts.
  • NASB Ascribe to the Lord the glory of His name; Bring an offering and come into His courtyards.
  • NLT Give to the Lord the glory he deserves! Bring your offering and come into his courts.

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Quick answer

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come. Worship rightly includes both praise and reverent approach with gifts.

Overview

The nations are invited not only to honor God but to bring offerings into His courts. This pictures the peoples joining the worship once reserved for Israel. Through Christ, believers from all nations now draw near to God, offering themselves and their praise as living sacrifices (Romans 12:1; Hebrews 13:15).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Ps 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
  • Rom 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
  • Exod 34:5–9And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
  • Heb 13:15–16By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
  • Ps 108:3–5I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
  • Ps 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
  • Ps 45:12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
  • Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Rev 8:3–4And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
  • Ps 148:13–14Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
  • Phil 4:18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
  • Ps 111:9He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
  • Isa 60:6–7The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
  • Phil 2:17Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
  • Rom 15:16That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
  • Heb 13:13Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
  • 1 Pet 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 15:4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

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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 96:8 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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