This is a triumphant song of praise to God (Psalms 96:1), contrasting His power and glory with the nothingness of the heathen idols (Psalms 96:4), calling all the earth to worship Him (Psalms 96:7), exulting in His rule (Psalms 96:10), and calling all nations to rejoice in the prospect of His coming in judgment (Psalms 96:11). The tone of the Ps. is closely akin to that of Isaiah 40-66, and was in all likelihood inspired by the deliverance from exile. The existence of the second Temple will then be implied in Isaiah 66:6; Isaiah 66:8. This Ps. has been wrought into the composite poem of 1 Chronicles 16:8.

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