96:1 O sing {a} unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
(a) The prophet shows that the time will come, that all nations will have opportunity to praise the Lord for the revealing of his gospel.
96:1 O sing - Upon this new and great occasion, not the removal of the ark, but the coming of the Messiah.
96:1-9 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 his salvation among the heathen, his wonders among all people. All the earth is here summoned to worship the Lord. We must worship him in the beauty of holiness, as God in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. Glorious things are said of him, both as motives to praise and matter of praise.
