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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 96:6

Honor and majesty are before Him, His attendants, as it were, declaring His mighty works throughout the earth; strength and beauty are in His Sanctuary, power and grace being particularly stressed in the relation of Jehovah and His Church, John 1:14. The wonderful glory and majesty, as well as the kindness and mercy of Jehovah, having been set forth, the psalmist turns to all people with an urgent appeal to act upon this knowledge.

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See also Psalms 96:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 96:6. _HONOUR AND MAJESTY ARE BEFORE HIM_] Does this refer to the cloud of his glory that preceded the ark in their journeying through the wilderness? The words _strength_ and _beauty_,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HONOUR AND MAJESTY ARE BEFORE HIM - This part of the verse is taken literally from 1 Chronicles 16:27. The meaning is, that that which constitutes honor, glory, majesty, is in his presence, or whereve...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 96 The Lord Has Come _ 1. The new song (Psalms 96:1)_ 2. The Lord supreme (Psalms 96:4) 3. Glory unto His Name (Psalms 96:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XCVI. THE PRAISE OF YAHWEH IN ISRAEL, AMONG THE NATIONS, IN ALL CREATION. This Ps. is inserted with considerable variations, in 1 Chronicles 16:23, probably by a later hand, and not by the Chronicler...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEAUTY. Some codices read "joy". Compare 1 Chronicles 16:27. SANCTUARY. Some codices read "dwelling-place". as in 1 Chronicles 16:27....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Psalms 92-97 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Service of Song for a Sabbath Day. ANALYSIS Psalms 92: Personal SongProbably by a King. Psalms 93: Jehovah Proclaimed King. Psalms 94: Prayer for Vengeance on the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. HONOUR AND MAJESTY ARE BEFORE HIM - as His inseparable attendants "in, His presence." STRENGTH AND BEAUTY ARE IN HIS S...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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), e...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ SING A NEW SONG! PSALMS 96 (THE THIRD *ROYAL PSALM) Jesus said, "Tell your Father in *Heaven that he is a great (God)". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HONOUR... The whole universe displays Jehovah’s majesty, but chiefly his sanctuary in Israel, where it is typified by the costly splendour of the building and its rites. So the version of Apollinaris,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֹוד ־וְ הָדָ֥ר לְ פָנָ֑יו עֹ֥ז וְ֝

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 96:1 THE praise of Jehovah as King has, in the preceding psalms, chiefly celebrated His reign over Israel. But this grand coronation anthem takes a wider sweep, and hymns that kingdom as extend...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “THE LORD REIGNETH” Psalms 96:1 This psalm is found also in 1 Chronicles 16:1. Note the thrice-repeated command, _Sing, sing, sing_, Psalms 96:1; the corresponding, thrice-repeated, Give, give, give

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    There is a beauty about this song which irresistibly appeals to the submissive soul. The previous warning must be heeded in order to sing it. When the personal life is loyal to His throne, the song of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (d) Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary. (d) God cannot be known but by his strength and glory, the signs of which appear in his sanctuary....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Heavens. Apostles, Psalm xviii. The judge appears publicly. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have no conception of the splendour and glory with which the church above is blessed, in the immediate contemplation of God and the Lamb. The prophet gives us some faint idea of it, when saying, In...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6_Strength and honor are before him _I translate the Hebrew word הוד _, hod, _by _strength, _and think those interpreters who render it _glory _have not duly considered the context. It is evident that...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 96 summons all the earth to come in, in the spirit of the everlasting gospel. They are to own Jehovah; the gods of the nations are mere vanity. Psalms 95 invites as of the company "Come, let us...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HONOUR AND MAJESTY ARE BEFORE HIM,.... He being set down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, and having honour and majesty laid upon him; being arrayed in robes of majesty,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary. Ver. 6. _Honour and majesty are before him_] These are his harbingers, and they go often coupled, as Psa 104:1 Psalms...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For the Lord_ Hebrew, _Jehovah, is great_ Infinite in his nature and attributes; _and greatly to be praised_ All our most exalted praises fall infinitely short of his greatness. _He is to be feared a...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-9 When Christ finished his work on earth, and was received into his glory in heaven, the church began to sing a new song unto him, and to bless his name. His apostles and evangelists showed forth h...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BEFORE HIM, i.e. in his presence, like beams shot out from his face, who is the Sun of righteousness. There is an unconceivable glory and majesty in his countenance, and in the place of his presence....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 96:6 Honor H1935 majesty H1926 before H6440 Strength H5797 beauty H8597 sanctuary H4720 Honour -...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEARED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Call to all people to praise God in view of His glory and greatness. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: In God there is everything that is awful, yet everything that is amiable. Those...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This is a psalm of David, as appears from 1 Chronicles 16:23. It is highly prophetic, and celebrates the full triumph of Christ over all idols, and over the gentile world. It has no title in the Hebre...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth._ A SUPREME EXISTENCE AND A SUPREME SERVICE I. A supreme existence. 1. Great in His nature--in power, intellect, heart. 2. Great...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary._ STRENGTH AND BEAUTY Christianity alone has combined the two ideals of the world. Strength and beauty are diverse, but not contradictory. Yet we seldom find...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 96:1. God’s kingship over all creation means that all people should love and worship him. The psalm has three sections, each beginning with a command (“sing,” v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION This Psalm has no superscription in the Hebrew. But in the Septuagint and in the Vulgate it has the following, “When the house was built after the captivity. An ode by David.” There is a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS psalm occurs, with very little change, in 1 Chronicles 16:23-13, and is there (1 Chronicles 16:7) ascribed to David. It is also entitled, "A Psalm of David," in the Septuagint. But the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, and bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, and his wonde...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:27; 2 Peter 1:16; 2 Peter 1:17; Hebrews 1:3; Psal

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Before him — In his presence....

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