A praise psalm. (See parallel passage at: 1 Chr 16:23-33)
A call for everyone (all the earth and among the nations) to praise the Lord.
v.1-6 Call to praise—sing to the Lord a new song (1) all the earth. Bless his name (2), sing of his salvation (2), his glory (3), and his marvelous deeds (3).
3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!
For:
• great is the Lord (4) and greatly to be praised (4)
• he is to be feared above all gods (4)
• other “gods” are worthless idols (5)
• he made the heavens (5)
• splendor and majesty are before him (6)
• strength and beauty are in his sanctuary (6)
v.7-9 Call to praise—worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness.
• Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength (7)
• Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name (8)
• Bring an offering and come into his courts (8)
• Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness (9)
• Tremble before him, all the earth. (9)
v.10 Poet’s script of what the people should say:
10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”
v.11-12a Let:
• the heavens be glad (11)
• the earth rejoice (11)
• the sea roar, and all that fills it (11)
• the field exult, and everything in it (12)
v.12b-13 The trees will sing for joy (12) because the Lord will come and judge the earth in righteousness and faithfulness (13).
All of God’s people should support global evangelism and take the message into all the earth—“The Lord reigns!”