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Psalm 96:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 96:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 Majesty and splendor surround him;
power and beauty[a] are in his sanctuary.
7 Render to the Lord, you families of nations,
render to the Lord glory and power.[b]
8 Render to the Lord the glory due to his name;
bring an offering and enter his courts.[c]
Footnotes
- Psalm 96:6 The Lord is surrounded by personifications of divine attributes (majesty and splendor . . . power and beauty) that extol his universal kingship.
- Psalm 96:7 The psalmist makes use of Ps 29:1f, eliminating any allusion to the theme of “heavenly beings” (i.e., “sons of God”) and accentuating the universalist tone (see Ps 47:10; Zec 14:17). All peoples are specifically summoned to pledge their obedience to the Lord.
- Psalm 96:8 Courts: i.e., of the temple where the Lord dwells (see Ps 84:3, 11; 2 Ki 21:5; 23:11f). The psalmist may have been thinking of the outermost court of the temple, which was the court of the Gentiles.
