Psalm 96:1 (WEB)
Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Fathers and councils · 11
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…law which took place formerly; and He points out as the new, that manner of life required by the Gospel, of which David says, “Sing unto the Lord a new song;” and Esaias, “Sing unto the Lord a new hymn.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“To him let us sing the new song, supplying in thought, ‘To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth forever’; ‘To him which smote great kings, and slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth forever’; ‘For the Lord remembered us in our low estate and delivered us from our adversaries.’” — editor's note: Cf. Psa. xcvi. 1
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Clement of Alexandria
“What my Eunomos sings is not the measure of Terpander, nor that of Capito, nor the Phrygian, nor Lydian, nor Dorian, but the immortal measure of the new harmony which bears God’s name—the new, the Levitical song.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1, xvciii. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
““O sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“More openly elsewhere the words are these: “O sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth;” that they who cut themselves off from the communion of the whole earth, may understand that they cannot sing the new song, because it is sung in the whole, and not in a part of it.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1.
Read the whole comment“Meditate on these and such like things, examine also the Old Testament, and see what is sung in that Psalm, the title of which is, When the temple was being built after the captivity: for there it is said, “Sing unto the Lord a new song.”” — editor's note: See LXX. Ps. xcvi. 1.
Read the whole comment“This is said in another Psalm, “Sing unto the Lord, all the earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1.
Read the whole comment“Not surely such as the whole earth singeth, unto which it is said, “Sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, the whole earth”: but such as no one shall be able to utter but you.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1
Read the whole comment“For so the Psalm itself says, “When the house was in building after the captivity;” and what says it, “Sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord all the earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcv. 1, Sept. (xcvi. 1, English version).
Read the whole comment“Nor was this the case only in Egypt, for which country alone the spirit of the demons lamented in Hermes, but in all the earth, which sings to the Lord a new song, as the truly holy and truly prophetic Scriptures have predicted, in which it is written, “Sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Sing unto the Lord all the whole earth; and that I may join both in one word, Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, for Him Who is of heaven and then of earth.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1, 11.
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Cross-references · 14
Parallel passages
Psalm 96:1 and Isaiah 42:10 share the same wording (11 words).
1 Chronicles 16:23 and Psalm 96:1 share the same wording (11 words).
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