Psalms 96:9

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
worship	הִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ hish.ta.cha.Vu	H7812	to depress · verb, hithpael imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	לַ֭יהוָה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
beauty	בְּהַדְרַת be.had.rat-	H1927	decoration · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
holiness	קֹ֑דֶשׁ Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular absolute
fear	חִ֥ילוּ Chi.lu	H2342	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
before	מִ֝פָּנָ֗יו mi.pa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
earth	הָאָֽרֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Psalms 114:7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Psalms 110:3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy yout…
Psalms 33:8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
Daniel 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shal…
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is…
Psalms 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
Ezekiel 7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things there…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 96:1-9

These verses will be best expounded by pious and devout affections working in our souls towards God, with a high veneration for his majesty and transcendent excellency. The call here given us to praise God is very lively, the expressions are raised and repeated, to all which the echo of a thankful heart should make agreeable returns. I. We are here required to honour God, 1. With songs, Psa 96:1, Psa 96:2. Three times we are here called to sing unto the Lord; sing to the Father, to the Son, to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, when the morning stars sang together, is now, in the church militant, and ever shall be, in the church triumphant. We have reason to do it often, and we have…

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John Gill on Psalms 96:9

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,.... See Gill on Psalm 29:2, in this and the three preceding verses there is a manifest allusion to the form of addresses made to kings in the eastern nations; who being arrayed, and seated in a majestic manner, with all the marks of royal honour and dignity about them, whom their subjects approach with ascriptions of glory to them; bringing presents in their hands, and bowing down to the ground before them, as the word (r) for "worship" signifies; expressing the utmost awe and reverence of them, as in the next clause: fear before him, all the earth; or, as the Targum, "all the inhabitants of the earth;'' it is the duty of all men to fear the L…

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John Calvin on Psalms 96:7-9

Psalm 96:7-9 7. Give to Jehovah, O ye assemblies of peoples! give to Jehovah glory and strength. [85] 8. Give to Jehovah the glory of his name; bring an offering, [86] and come into his courts. 9. Worship before Jehovah in the beauty of the sanctuary; [87] let the whole earth tremble before his face. 7 Give to Jehovah, etc. Since praise waited for God in Zion, (Psalm 65:1,) and that was the place devoted to the celebration of his worship, and the posterity of Abraham were alone invested with the privilege of priesthood, we cannot doubt that the Psalmist refers here to that great change which was to take place in the Church upon the advent of Christ. An opposition or distinction is intended…

The Church Fathers

"O worship the Lord in His holy court" [Psalm 96:9]: in the Catholic Church; this is His holy court. Let no man say, "Lo, here is Christ, or there. For there shall arise false prophets." [Matthew 24:23-24] Say this unto them, "There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." Ye are calling me to the whited wall; I adore my God in His holy court. "Let the whole earth be moved before His face."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 96

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Reverence · 4:10;5:29;6:2,13;10:12,20,21;13:4;14:23;28:49,58; — 4:10;5:29;6:2,13;10:12,20,21;13:4;14:23;28:49,58;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 96:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 96:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 96:9

John Calvin on Psalms 96:7-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 96:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 96:1-9

John Gill on Psalms 96:9

John Calvin on Psalms 96:7-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 96:7-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 96:9

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 96:9