Psalms 96:4-13

⁴For great is the Lord and worthy all praise; held in awe, above all gods:

⁵for all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord created the heavens.

⁶Before him are splendour and majesty, beauty and strength in his holy place.

⁷Ascribe to the Lord, you tribes of the nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

⁸Ascribe to the Lord the glory he manifests: bring you an offering, enter his courts.

⁹Bow to the Lord in holy array: tremble before him, all the earth.

¹⁰Say to the nations, “The Lord is king.” The world stands firm to be shaken no more. He will judge the peoples with equity.

¹¹Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice, let the sea and its fulness thunder.

¹²Let the field, and all that is in it, exult; let the trees of the forest ring out their joy

¹³before the Lord: for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice and the nations with faithfulness.