Today's Featured Psalm
Psalm 96

Read this Psalm

1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song;
   sing to the LORD, all the earth!
2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
   tell of his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
   his marvelous works among all the peoples!
4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
   he is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
   but the LORD made the heavens.
6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
   strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples,
   ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
   bring an offering, and come into his courts!
9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness;
   tremble before him, all the earth!

10 Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!
   Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
   he will judge the peoples with equity.”

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
   let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
   12 let the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
   13 before the LORD, for he comes,
   for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
   and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Scripture taken from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm Devotional
He is Coming!

Two things seem perennially undesirable even to Christians. One is the day of our death when we go to our God and Savior. The other is the day of judgment when our God and Savior comes for us, if we are alive at His coming (1 Thess. 4:15). The proof of this is that we fight to stay in this world as if it is our best life. And we shrink from Jesus’s second coming as if it is, in the common usage, “the end of the world”! Should not Christians be expected to open their arms to Jesus on both occasions, since He has conquered sin and the grave, and since the “great day of his wrath” is the believers’ day of resurrection?

This is where this psalm comes in. This is one of the most exciting songs in the history of the world. It is exciting because it is about the Messiah’s victory; it calls us to praise Him for His salvation and His coming again. David first sang this song at the bringing of the ark of the covenant to Mt. Zion.

Listen to this Psalm

Glory album art O Sing a New Song (Psalm 96A)
The Book of Psalms for Worship | Glory
Messiah album art In Radiant Robes (Psalm 96B)
The Book of Psalms for Worship | Messiah
Abundance album art Ascribe Unto the Lord (Psalm 96D)
The Book of Psalms for Worship | Abundance
Glory album art O Sing a New Song [Special Arrangement] (Psalm 96)
The Book of Psalms for Worship | Glory