
Text -- Psalms 96:5 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 96:4-5
For He is not a local God, but of universal agency, while idols are nothing.
Clarke -> Psa 96:5
Clarke: Psa 96:5 - -- All the gods of the nations are idols - אלהי elohey . All those reputed or worshipped as gods among the heathens are אלילים elilim , va...
All the gods of the nations are idols -
Defender -> Psa 96:5
Defender: Psa 96:5 - -- The name "God" (Elohim) is the same as "gods" in the Hebrew where the context determines the meaning in a given verse. However, all other "gods" than ...
The name "God" (
TSK -> Psa 96:5
TSK: Psa 96:5 - -- For : Psa 115:3-8, Psa 135:15, Psa 135:18; Isa. 44:8-28, Isa 46:1, Isa 46:2; Jer 10:3-5, Jer 10:11, Jer 10:12, Jer 10:14, Jer 10:15; Act 19:26; 1Co 8:...
For : Psa 115:3-8, Psa 135:15, Psa 135:18; Isa. 44:8-28, Isa 46:1, Isa 46:2; Jer 10:3-5, Jer 10:11, Jer 10:12, Jer 10:14, Jer 10:15; Act 19:26; 1Co 8:4
but : Psa 115:15; Gen 1:1; Isa 42:5; Jer 10:11

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Barnes -> Psa 96:5
Barnes: Psa 96:5 - -- For all the gods of the nations are idols - All the gods worshipped by the people of other lands are mere "idols."None of them can claim to hav...
For all the gods of the nations are idols - All the gods worshipped by the people of other lands are mere "idols."None of them can claim to have a real existence as gods. The word here rendered "idols"is translated by the Septuagint,
But the Lord made the heavens - Yahweh created the heavenly hosts, and therefore he is the true God, and is entitled to worship. The power of "creation"- of causing anything to exist where there was nothing before - must pertain to God alone, and is the highest act of Divinity. No pretended pagan god has that power; no man has that power. The true God has reserved the exercise of that power to himself, and has never, in any instance, imparted it to a created being.
Poole -> Psa 96:5
Poole: Psa 96:5 - -- Idols or, nothings , as they are called, 1Co 8:4 10:19 ; or, vain things , as the word signifies, and is translated by others. The sense is, Though...
Idols or, nothings , as they are called, 1Co 8:4 10:19 ; or, vain things , as the word signifies, and is translated by others. The sense is, Though they have usurped the name and place of the Divine Majesty, yet they have nothing of his nature or power in them.
Haydock -> Psa 96:5
Haydock: Psa 96:5 - -- All. Which is conformable to the Hebrew, &c., though the Vulgate terra, means, "all the earth" melted. (Haydock)
All. Which is conformable to the Hebrew, &c., though the Vulgate terra, means, "all the earth" melted. (Haydock)
Gill -> Psa 96:5
Gill: Psa 96:5 - -- For all the gods of the nations are idols,.... Or are "nothings" o, nonentities; such as have not, and never had, any being, at least many of them, bu...
For all the gods of the nations are idols,.... Or are "nothings" o, nonentities; such as have not, and never had, any being, at least many of them, but in the fancies of men; and all of them such as have no divinity in them;
an idol is nothing in the world, 1Co 8:4,
but the Lord made the heavens; and all the hosts of them, the sun, moon, and stars; these are the curious workmanship of his fingers, and which declare his glory, and show him to be truly and properly God, who is to be feared and worshipped; see Heb 1:10.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 96:1-13
TSK Synopsis: Psa 96:1-13 - --1 An exhortation to praise God,4 for his greatness;8 for his kingdom;11 for his general judgment.
MHCC -> Psa 96:1-9
MHCC: Psa 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...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 96:1-9
Matthew Henry: Psa 96:1-9 - -- These verses will be best expounded by pious and devout affections working in our souls towards God, with a high veneration for his majesty and tran...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 96:4-6
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 96:4-6 - --
Confirmation of the call from the glory of Jahve that is now become manifest. The clause Psa 96:4 , as also Psa 145:3, is taken out of Psa 48:2. ...
Constable: Psa 90:1--106:48 - --IV. Book 4: chs. 90--106
Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Ps. 90). David wrote t...

Constable: Psa 96:1-13 - --Psalm 96
Here is another psalm that focuses on the reign of God. In it the psalmist called on all the ea...
